perla

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Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

perla f (plural perles)

  1. pearl

Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

perla f

  1. pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)

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French[edit]

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perla

  1. third-person singular past historic of perler

Icelandic[edit]

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Noun[edit]

perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)

  1. pearl

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

perla (plural perlas)

  1. pearl

Italian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

perla f (plural perle)

  1. pearl (also figuratively).

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perla (invariable)

  1. pearl (attributive)

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Perle.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /pêːrla/
  • Hyphenation: per‧la

Noun[edit]

pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

  1. pearl
  2. bead

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, but cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Portuguese pérola. Perhaps based on Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna "leg", in reference to the shape of the mollusks. The usual Latin word for a pearl was margarīta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: ˈpe̞ɾla/

Noun[edit]

perla f (plural perlas)

  1. pearl
  2. bead

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