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) == Basque == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /perla/ [per.la] Rhymes: -erla, -a Hyphenation: per‧la === Noun === perla inan pearl Synonym: altiste ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “perla”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “perla”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == 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 === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈpe̞r.lə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈpɛr.lə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɛɾ.la] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈpɛr.la] === Noun === perla f (plural perles) pearl (heraldry) pall ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== perlé === Further reading === “perla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish perla (“pearl”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeɾla/, [ˈpeɾ.la] Hyphenation: per‧la === Noun === perla alternative form of perlas == Czech == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɛrla] === Noun === perla f (relational adjective perlový) pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “perla”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “perla”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “perla”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 === 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 ==== == French == === Pronunciation === 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 ==== ==== 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== pastiglia pillola castroneria sfondone === 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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.la] === Noun === perla f (genitive perlae); first declension alternative form of perula 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269: ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Perla === 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 == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: per‧la === Noun === perla f (plural perlas) (heraldry) pall === Further reading === “perla”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “perla”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French perler. === Verb === a perla (third-person singular present perlează, past participle perlat) 1st conjugation to bead ==== Conjugation ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Perle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pêːrla/ Hyphenation: per‧la === Noun === pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла) pearl bead ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Latin perla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /perla/, [ˈperla] Rhymes: -erla Hyphenation: per‧la === Noun === perla f (relational adjective perlový, diminutive perlička) pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) ==== Declension ==== === References === “perla”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == 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 ===== ===== Descendants ===== Chavacano: perla, perlas → Basque: perla → Ilocano: perlas === 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === pelar, rapel