perla

See also: Perla, pèrla, perlă, and perła

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AsturianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• perlla

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

perla f (plural perles)

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

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unknown, probably based on Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna, a kind of oyster. Cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Spanish perla.

NounEdit

perla f (plural perles)

1. pearl
2. (heraldry) pall

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

perla f

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• perlový

Related termsEdit

• perleť
• perlit

AnagramsEdit

• lepra
• raple

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin perla.

NounEdit

perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)

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

DeclensionEdit

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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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Homophones: perlas, perlât

VerbEdit

perla

1. third-person singular past historic of perler

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

perla f (genitive singular perlu, nominative plural perlur)

1. pearl

DeclensionEdit

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 alsoEdit

• gull af manni

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InterlinguaEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

perla (plural perlas)

1. pearl

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ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Of uncertain etymology. See pearl.

NounEdit

perla f (plural perle)

1. pearl (also figuratively).

AdjectiveEdit

perla (invariable)

1. pearl (attributive)

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2Edit

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.

NounEdit

perla f (invariable)

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

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	perla	perlae
genitive	perlae	perlārum
dative	perlae	perlīs
accusative	perlam	perlās
ablative	perlā	perlīs
vocative	perla	perlae

ReferencesEdit

• 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 BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• perlen

NounEdit

perla m, f

1. definite feminine singular of perle

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

perla f

1. definite singular of perle

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

perla f (plural perlas)

1. (heraldry) pall

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German Perle.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

1. pearl
2. bead

DeclensionEdit

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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SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin perla.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrɫa/

NounEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• perlový
• perlička

ReferencesEdit

• perla in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈperla/

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

perla f (plural perlas)

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

Derived termsEdit

• aperlado
• de perlas
• madreperla
• perlado

Etymology 2Edit

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.

NounEdit

perla f (uncountable)

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

SynonymsEdit

• (5-point type): parisienne

Further readingEdit

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