perla
Asturian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perles)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, probably based on Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna, a kind of oyster. Cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Spanish perla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perles)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “perla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f (related adjective perlový)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- perla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- perla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- perla in Internetová jazyková příručka
Anagrams[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of perla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | perla | perlan | perlur | perlurnar |
| accusative | perlu | perluna | perlur | perlurnar |
| dative | perlu | perluni | perlum | perlunum |
| genitive | perlu | perlunnar | perla | perlanna |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - Homophones: perlas, perlât
Verb[edit]
perla
- third-person singular past historic of perler
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse perla, a borrowing from Middle Low German perle, from Old Saxon perula, from Medieval Latin perla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f (genitive singular perlu, nominative plural perlur)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Interlingua[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
perla (plural perlas)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Uncertain. See pearl.
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perle)
- (also figurative) pearl
- pill
- mistake
Adjective[edit]
perla (invariable)
See also[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French perle, the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time.
Noun[edit]
perla f (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛrɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛrlä]
Noun[edit]
perla f (genitive perlae); first declension
- Alternative form of perula
- 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269:
- Una Perla ad modum camahuti.
- A pearl in the manner of a cameo.
- 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269:
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | perla | perlae |
| Genitive | perlae | perlārum |
| Dative | perlae | perlīs |
| Accusative | perlam | perlās |
| Ablative | perlā | perlīs |
| Vocative | perla | perlae |
References[edit]
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 789/1, “perla”
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: per‧la
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perlas)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
a perla (third-person singular present perlează, past participle perlat) 1st conj.
- to bead
Conjugation[edit]
| infinitive | a perla | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | perlând | ||||||
| past participle | perlat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | perlez | perlezi | perlează | perlăm | perlați | perlează | |
| imperfect | perlam | perlai | perla | perlam | perlați | perlau | |
| simple perfect | perlai | perlași | perlă | perlarăm | perlarăți | perlară | |
| pluperfect | perlasem | perlaseși | perlase | perlaserăm | perlaserăți | perlaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să perlez | să perlezi | să perleze | să perlăm | să perlați | să perleze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | perlează | perlați | |||||
| negative | nu perla | nu perlați | |||||
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)
Declension[edit]
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f (genitive singular perly, nominative plural perly, genitive plural perál, periel, declension pattern of žena)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “perla”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown, but cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Portuguese pérola. See pearl. The usual Latin word for a pearl was margarīta.
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perlas)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French perle, the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time.
Noun[edit]
perla f (uncountable)
- (printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 4 or 5 point
- Synonym: parisienne
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
perla
- inflection of perlar:
Further reading[edit]
- “perla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams[edit]
- Asturian lemmas
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- ca:Heraldry
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛrtla
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛrtla/2 syllables
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛrla
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- it:Printing
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- pt:Heraldic charges
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾla
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- es:Heraldic charges
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- es:Birthstones
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