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)
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- perla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- perla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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 | ||||
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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]
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]
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]
Etymology 1[edit]
Of uncertain etymology. See pearl.
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perle)
Adjective[edit]
perla (invariable)
- pearl (attributive)
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)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
perla f (genitive perlae); first declension
- 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.
- Una Perla ad modum camahuti.
- 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]
Noun[edit]
perla f (plural perlas)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)
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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 Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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 main entry.
Verb[edit]
perla
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of perlar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of perlar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of perlar.
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “perla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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