perle

See also: Perle, perlé, perłę, and pērle

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse perla, from Middle Low German perle, from Old Saxon perula, from Medieval Latin perla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrlə/, [ˈpʰæɐ̯lə]

Noun

perle c (singular definite perlen, plural indefinite perler)

  1. pearl
  2. bead
  3. drop
  4. (figuratively) gem, jewel, beauty, treasure

Inflection

Declension of perle
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative perle perlen perler perlerne
genitive perles perlens perlers perlernes

Verb

perle (imperative perl, infinitive at perle, present tense perler, past tense perlede, perfect tense har perlet)

  1. appear as small drops
  2. sparkle

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁl/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (little pear). Alternatively derived via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula from Latin perna (haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb).

Noun

perle f (plural perles)

  1. pearl (gem produced by molluscs)
  2. bead (of any material)
  3. pearl, gem (lovely person or thing, excellent example)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Romanian: perlă
  • Spanish: perla

Etymology 2

See perler.

Verb

perle

  1. inflection of perler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrle
  • Hyphenation: pèr‧le

Noun

perle f

  1. plural of perla

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (per) IPA(key): /pʲɛrˈlʲæː/
  • (per̃le) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛrˑlʲɛ/

Noun

perlè

  1. locative singular of per̃las (pearl)

Noun

per̃le

  1. vocative singular of per̃las (pearl)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːrl(ə)/, /ˈpɛrl(ə)/

Noun

perle (plural perles)

  1. A pearl (bivalve excretion used in jewellery and medicine).
  2. A round bead or other object (especially shiny)
  3. (figurative) A pearl (something or someone valuable, especially in religion)
  4. (figurative) The pupil (hole in the iris)
  5. (figurative) A macula on the eye's surface.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin perla.

Noun

perle f or m (definite singular perla or perlen, indefinite plural perler, definite plural perlene)

  1. a pearl (round shelly concretion from oysters, or an artificial imitation)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin perla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæːɭe/ (some dialects)

Noun

perle f (definite singular perla, indefinite plural perler, definite plural perlene)

  1. a pearl (as above)

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrlɛ
  • Syllabification: per‧le

Noun

perle f

  1. dative/locative singular of perła

Spanish

Verb

perle

  1. inflection of perlar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative