nacre

See also nacré

English

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Alternative forms

• nacker (obsolete)
• naker (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French nacre, from Late Latin nacchara, perhaps from Arabic نقر (naqqāra).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈneɪkə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈneɪkəɹ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

nacre (plural nacres)

Nacre.

1. (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. [16th-19th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:

     The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish [...].

2. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. [from 17th c.]

Translations

pearly substance on the interior of shells

• Bulgarian: седеф (bg) (sedef) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珍珠母 (cmn) (zhēnzhūmǔ), 珧 (cmn) (yáo)

• Czech: perleť (cs) f
• Dutch: parelmoer (nl) n
• Finnish: helmiäinen (fi), helmiäisaine (fi)
• French: nacre (fr) f
• German: Perlmutt (de) n

• Korean: 진주층 (ko) (jinjucheung)
• Macedonian: седеф (mk) (sédef) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: седеф (sh) m

  Roman: sedef (sh) m

• Spanish: nácar (es) m
• Swedish: pärlemor (sv) m
• Turkish: sedef (tr)

Anagrams

• caner, Caren, crane, rance

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French

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Noun

nacre f (plural nacres)

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

Verb

nacre

1. first-person singular present indicative of nacrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of nacrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nacrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nacrer
5. second-person singular imperative of nacrer

Anagrams

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