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

• perle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁl/

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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

• collier de perles
• jeter des perles aux pourceaux
• perle rare

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

• “perle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lèpre, peler, prèle, prêle

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

perle f

1. plural of perla

Anagrams

• Lepre, lepre

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

perlè

1. locative singular of per̃las (“pearl”)

Noun

per̃le

1. vocative singular of per̃las (“pearl”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• peerl, peerle, perel, perill, perl, peryll

Etymology

From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːrl(ə)/, /ˈpɛrl(ə)/

Noun

perle (plural perles)

1. A pearl (excretion found in bivalves used in jewellery and medicine).
2. (figurative) Any round object, especially when shiny.
3. (figurative) The pupil (hole in the iris)
4. (figurative) Anything or anyone that is valuable (especially in religion)
5. (figurative) A macula on the eye's surface.

Derived terms

• perled

Descendants

• English: pearl
• Scots: pairl, purl

References

• “pē̆rl(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

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

• “perle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin perla.

Noun

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

1. a pearl (as above)

References

• “perle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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