nácar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.kɐʁ/ [ˈna.kɐh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈna.kɐɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈna.kɐʁ/ [ˈna.kɐχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.kaɻ/

  • Hyphenation: ná‧car

Noun

nácar m (plural nácares)

  1. nacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)
    Synonym: madrepérola

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

  1. nacre, mother of pearl

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