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Proper noun

Perla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Perlidae – certain stoneflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus):

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

  Homophones: perla

Proper noun

Perla f

1. A female given name

Declension

Slovak

Proper noun

Perla f

1. A female given name.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• perlla

Noun

perla f ‎(plural perles)

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

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.

Noun

perla f ‎(plural perles)

1. pearl

Czech

Noun

perla f

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

Declension

Derived terms

• perlový

Related terms

• perleť
• perlit

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin perla.

Noun

perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)

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

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: perlas, perlât

Verb

perla

1. third-person singular past historic of perler

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Noun

perla f ‎(genitive singular perlu, nominative plural perlur)

1. pearl

Declension

See also

• gull af manni

Interlingua

Noun

perla ‎(plural perlas)

1. pearl

Italian

Etymology 1

Of uncertain etymology. See pearl.

Noun

perla f ‎(plural perle)

1. pearl (also figuratively).

Adjective

perla ‎(invariable)

1. pearl (attributive)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classicistic) IPA^(key): /ˈper.la/

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.

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”

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• perlen

Noun

perla m, f

1. definite feminine singular of perle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

perla f

1. definite singular of perle

Portuguese

Noun

perla f (plural perlas)

1. (heraldry) pall

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the German Perle.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȇrla f ‎(Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

1. pearl
2. bead

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin perla.

Noun

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

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

Declension

Derived terms

• perlový
• perlička

References

• perla in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe̞ɾla/

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 f
• perlado

Etymology 2

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