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perla

See also: Perla, pèrla, perlă, perła, and perłą

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)

  1. 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)

  1. pearl
  2. (heraldry) pall

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Further reading edit

Chavacano edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Spanish perla.

Noun edit

perla

  1. pearl

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

perla f (related adjective perlový)

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

Declension edit

Declension of perla (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative perla perly
genitive perly perel
dative perle perlám
accusative perlu perly
vocative perlo perly
locative perle perlách
instrumental perlou perlami

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

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Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin perla.

Noun edit

perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)

  1. 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

Verb edit

perla

  1. 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)

  1. pearl

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

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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)

  1. pearl

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. See pearl.

Noun edit

perla f (plural perle)

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

Adjective edit

perla (invariable)

  1. (relational) pearl

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Derived terms

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)

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

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Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

perla f (genitive perlae); first declension

  1. 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.

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

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perla m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of perle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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perla f

  1. definite singular of perle

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: per‧la

Noun edit

perla f (plural perlas)

  1. (heraldry) pall

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French perler.

Verb edit

a perla (third-person singular present perlează, past participle perlat) 1st conj.

  1. to bead

Conjugation edit

    conjugation of perla (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
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

Borrowed from German Perle.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

  1. pearl
  2. bead

Declension edit

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

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Latin perla.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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 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

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾla/ [ˈpeɾ.la]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾla
  • Syllabification: per‧la

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)

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

  1. (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

  1. inflection of perlar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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