perla

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)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛr.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɛɾ.la]

• Audio:

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Noun

perla f (plural perles)

1. pearl
2. (heraldry) pall

Further reading

• “perla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish perla (“pearl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾla/, [ˈpeɾ.la]
• Hyphenation: per‧la

Noun

perla

1. Alternative form of perlas

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)

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

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)

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

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• 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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

perla (plural perlas)

1. pearl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛrla
• Hyphenation: pèr‧la

Etymology 1

Uncertain. 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.

Anagrams

• lepra

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛrɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.la/, [ˈpɛrlä]

Noun

perla f (genitive perlae); first declension

1. Alternative form 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 or f

1. definite feminine singular of perle

Noun

perla f

1. definite singular of perle

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: per‧la

Noun

perla f (plural perlas)

1. (heraldry) pall

Etymology

Borrowed from French perler.

Verb

a perla (third-person singular present perlează, past participle perlat) 1st conjugation

1. to bead

Etymology

Borrowed from German Perle.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȇrla f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑рла)

1. pearl
2. bead

Etymology

Derived 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 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, 2003–2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾla/ [ˈpeɾ.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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.

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.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “perla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• pelar, rapel