perla

Alternative forms

• perlla

Noun

perla f (plural perles)

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

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
2. (heraldry) pall

Noun

perla f

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

Anagrams

• lepra
• raple

Etymology

From Latin perla.

Noun

perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)

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

Pronunciation

• Homophones: perlas, perlât

Verb

perla

1. third-person singular past historic of perler

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

perla f (genitive singular perlu, nominative plural perlur)

1. pearl

Noun

perla (plural perlas)

1. pearl

Etymology 1

Of uncertain etymology. See pearl.

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

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

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.

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”

Alternative forms

• perlen

Noun

perla m, f

1. definite feminine singular of perle

Noun

perla f

1. definite singular of perle

Noun

perla f (plural perlas)

1. (heraldry) pall

Etymology

Borrowed from German Perle.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

1. pearl
2. bead

Etymology

From Latin perla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrɫa/

Noun

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)

References

• perla in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperla/

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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.

Further reading

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