perle
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From late Old Norse perla, from Middle Low German perle, from Old Saxon perula, from Medieval Latin perla.
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perle c (singular definite perlen, plural indefinite perler)
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perle (imperative perl, infinitive at perle, present tense perler, past tense perlede, perfect tense har perlet)
Further reading edit
- perle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (“little pear”). Alternatively derived via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula from Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”).
Noun edit
perle f (plural perles)
- pearl (gem produced by molluscs)
- bead (of any material)
- pearl, gem (lovely person or thing, excellent example)
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Descendants edit
- Romanian: perlă
Etymology 2 edit
See perler.
Verb edit
perle
- inflection of perler:
Further reading edit
- “perle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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perle f
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Lithuanian edit
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perlè
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per̃le
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perula.
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perle (plural perles)
- A pearl (excretion found in bivalves used in jewellery and medicine).
- (figurative) Any round object, especially when shiny.
- (figurative) The pupil (hole in the iris)
- (figurative) Anything or anyone that is valuable (especially in religion)
- (figurative) A macula on the eye's surface.
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References edit
- “pē̆rl(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin perla.
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perle f or m (definite singular perla or perlen, indefinite plural perler, definite plural perlene)
- a pearl (round shelly concretion from oysters, or an artificial imitation)
References edit
- “perle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin perla.
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perle f (definite singular perla, indefinite plural perler, definite plural perlene)
- a pearl (as above)
References edit
- “perle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
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perle f
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Verb edit
perle
- inflection of perlar: