perle
French
noun
Definitions
- pearl
Etymology
Derived from Latin perla, perula (little bag), perna (leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham).
Origin
Latin
perna
Gloss
leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
珠
Emoji
🍗
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- perla Latin
- perna Latin
- pernarius Latin
- perula Latin
- pēra Latin
- Perl German
- imperlare Italian
- perla Italian
- perlaceo Italian
- perlaio Italian
- perlite Italian
- perno Italian
- parel Dutch, Flemish
- baderne French
- perler French
- perlier French
- perne French
- перл Russian
- perla Spanish, Castilian
- pernil Spanish, Castilian
- pierna Spanish, Castilian
- πέρνα Ancient Greek
- perle Norwegian Bokmål
- pernil Portuguese
- perle Norwegian Nynorsk
- perle Old French
- pernil Galician
- perle Middle Dutch
- perala Old High German
- perla Faroese
- perna Old Portuguese
- perula Old Saxon
- perla Slovak
- *persnā Proto-Italic
- pierna Asturian
- perla Chavacano