nacre

English

Alternative forms

• nacker (obsolete)
• naker (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Italian nacchera (originally naccaro), from Arabic نقر (naqqāra).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈneɪkɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(r)

Noun

nacre (uncountable)

Nacre.

1. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl.

Translations

pearly substance on the interior of shells

Bosnian: sedef (bs) m. Bulgarian: седеф (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 珍珠母 (cmn) (zhēnzhūmǔ), 珧 (cmn) (yáo) Dutch: parelmoer (nl) n. Finnish: helmiäinen (fi), helmiäisaine (fi) French: nacre (fr) f. German: Perlmutt (de) n.

Korean: 진주층 (jinjucheung) Macedonian: седеф (mk) (sédef) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: седеф m. Roman: sedef m. Spanish: nácar m. Turkish: sedef (tr)

Anagrams

• caner, Caren, crane, rance

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Noun

nacre f.

1. mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)

This French entry was created from the translations listed at mother-of-pearl. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see nacre in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009

Anagrams

• ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, écran, encra, rance