perla
Asturian
Alternative forms
- perlla
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
perla f (plural perles)
- 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.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɾ.lə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.lə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɾ.la/
Audio (file)
Noun
perla f (plural perles)
- pearl
- (heraldry) pall
Derived terms
- emperlar
- perla barroca
- perla cultivada
- perlat
- perlejar
- perler
- perlí
- pesca de perles
Related terms
- perlé
Further reading
- “perla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish perla.
Noun
perla
- pearl
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛrla]
Noun
perla f
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perla | perly |
| genitive | perly | perel |
| dative | perle | perlám |
| accusative | perlu | perly |
| vocative | perlo | perly |
| locative | perle | perlách |
| instrumental | perlou | perlami |
Derived terms
- perlový
Related terms
- perleť
- perlit
Further reading
- perla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- perla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- perla in Internetová jazyková příručka
Anagrams
- lepra
- raple
Faroese
Etymology
From Latin perla.
Noun
perla f (genitive singular perlu, plural perlur)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension
| 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
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophones: perlas, perlât
Verb
perla
- third-person singular past historic of perler
Icelandic
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)
- pearl
Declension
| 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
- perluvinir
See also
- gull af manni
Interlingua
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
perla (plural perlas)
- pearl
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛrla
- Hyphenation: pèr‧la
Etymology 1
Uncertain. See pearl.
Noun
perla f (plural perle)
- (also figurative) pearl
- pill
- mistake
Adjective
perla (invariable)
- (relational) pearl
See also
- pastiglia
- pillola
- castroneria
- sfondone
Derived terms
- imperlare
- madreperla
- perlaceo
- perlagione
- perlato
- perlifero
- perlina
- perlite
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.
Noun
perla f (invariable)
- (printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 4 point
Anagrams
- lepra
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛrɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛrlä]
Noun
perla f (genitive perlae); first declension
- 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.
- Una Perla ad modum camahuti.
- 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269:
Declension
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
- 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 or f
- definite feminine singular of perle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
perla f
- definite singular of perle
Portuguese
Noun
perla f (plural perlas)
- (heraldry) pall
Romanian
Etymology
From French perler.
Verb
a perla (third-person singular present perlează, past participle perlat) 1st conj.
- to bead
Conjugation
| 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
Etymology
Borrowed from German Perle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pêːrla/
- Hyphenation: per‧la
Noun
pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)
- pearl
- bead
Declension
| 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
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)
- pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perla | perly |
| genitive | perly | perál, periel |
| dative | perle | perlám |
| accusative | perlu | perly |
| locative | perle | perlách |
| instrumental | perlou | perlami |
Derived terms
- perlový
- perlička
References
- perla in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɾla/ [ˈpeɾ.la]
- Rhymes: -eɾla
- Syllabification: per‧la
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)
- pearl
- bead
- (heraldry) pall
Derived terms
- aperlado
- de perlas
- madreperla
- perlado
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.
Noun
perla f (uncountable)
- (printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 4 or 5 point
- Synonym: parisienne
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
perla
- inflection of perlar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “perla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- pelar, rapel