Plectrum

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The word "plectrum" is the Latinized form of the Greek (pléktron), "anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point" and that from the verb (pletto), the Attic Greek form of (plesso), "to hit, to strike, to smite, to sting . "Plectrum" has both a Latin-based plural, plectra (from Greek plural ) and a native English plural, plectrums. Plectra is used in formal writing, particularly in discussing the harpsichord as an instrument of classical music. However, plectrums is more common in ordinary speech. In vernacular speech the abbreviation pleck or "plec" (plural: plecks) is sometimes used.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The word "plectrum" is the Latinized form of the Greek p t (pléktron), "anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point" and that from the verb p tt (pletto), the Attic Greek form of p ss (plesso), "to hit, to strike, to smite, to sting". "Plectrum" has both a Latin-based plural, plectra (from Greek plural p t a) and a native English plural, plectrums. Plectra is used in formal writing, particularly in discussing the harpsichord as an instrument of classical music. However, plectrums is more common in ordinary speech. In vernacular speech the abbreviation pleck or "plec" (plural: plecks) is sometimes used.