nácar
Portuguese
Noun
nácar m (plural nácares)
- nacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)
- Synonym: madrepérola
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan nacre or Old French nacre, nacaire, from Medieval Latin nacchara, from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnakaɾ/ [ˈna.kaɾ]
- Rhymes: -akaɾ
- Syllabification: ná‧car
Noun
nácar m (plural nácares)
- nacre, mother of pearl
Derived terms
- anacarado
- nacarado
- nacarino
See also
- madreperla
Further reading
- “nácar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014