perla

See also: Perla, pèrla, perlă, and perła

Asturian

Alternative forms

• perlla

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

perla f (plural perles)

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

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Catalan

Etymology

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

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.lə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.la/

Noun

perla f (plural perles)

1. pearl
2. (heraldry) pall

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish perla.

Noun

perla

1. pearl

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Czech

Noun

perla f

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

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	perla	perly
genitive	perly	perel
dative	perle	perlám
accusative	perlu	perly
vocative	perlo	perly
locative	perle	perlách
instrumental	perlou	perlami

Derived terms

• perlový

Related terms

• perleť
• perlit

Anagrams

• lepra
• raple

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin perla.

Noun

perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)

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

Declension

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

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: perlas, perlât

Verb

perla

1. third-person singular past historic of perler

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse perla, a borrowing from Middle Low German perle, from Old Saxon perula, from Medieval Latin perla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛrtla/
• Rhymes: -ɛrtla

Noun

perla f (genitive singular perlu, nominative plural perlur)

1. pearl

Declension

declension of perla

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	perla	perlan	perlur	perlurnar
accusative	perlu	perluna	perlur	perlurnar
dative	perlu	perlunni	perlum	perlunum
genitive	perlu	perlunnar	perla/perlna	perlanna/perlnanna

See also

• gull af manni

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Interlingua

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

perla (plural perlas)

1. pearl

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Italian

Etymology 1

Of uncertain etymology. See pearl.

Noun

perla f (plural perle)

1. pearl (also figuratively).
2. pill
3. mistake

Adjective

perla (invariable)

1. pearl (attributive)

See also

• pastiglia
• pillola
• castroneria
• sfondone

Derived terms

Derived terms

• imperlare
• madreperla
• perlaceo
• perlato
• perlifero
• perlina
• perlite

Etymology 2

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

perla f (invariable)

1. (printing, dated) A small size of type, standardized as 4 point.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛr.ɫ̪a]

Noun

perla f (genitive perlae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling 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.

Declension

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

• 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”

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• perlen

Noun

perla m or f

1. definite feminine singular of perle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

perla f

1. definite singular of perle

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Portuguese

Noun

perla f (plural perlas)

1. (heraldry) pall

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Perle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pêːrla/
• Hyphenation: per‧la

Noun

pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

1. pearl
2. bead

Declension

Declension of perla

	singular	plural
nominative	perla	perle
genitive	perle	perla / perli
dative	perli	perlama
accusative	perlu	perle
vocative	perlo	perle
locative	perli	perlama
instrumental	perlom	perlama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Latin perla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrɫa/

Noun

perla f (genitive singular perly, nominative plural perly, genitive plural perál, periel, declension pattern of žena)

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

Declension

Declension of perla

	singular	plural
nominative	perla	perly
genitive	perly	perál, periel
dative	perle	perlám
accusative	perlu	perly
locative	perle	perlách
instrumental	perlou	perlami

Derived terms

• perlový
• perlička

References

• perla in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperla/

Etymology 1

Unknown, but cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Portuguese pérola. See pearl. The usual Latin word for a pearl was margarīta.

Noun

perla f (plural perlas)

1. pearl
2. bead
3. (heraldry) pall

Derived terms

• aperlado
• de perlas
• madreperla
• perlado

 

Etymology 2

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

perla f (uncountable)

1. (printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 4 or 5 point

Synonyms

• (5-point type): parisienne

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

perla

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of perlar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of perlar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of perlar.

Anagrams

• pelar, rapel

Further reading

• “perla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.