parel
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈpaː.rəl/
noun
Definitions
- A pearl, a precious, round shelly concretion from oysters or other molluscs
- Its imitation
- mother of Mother of pearl, the natural material pearls are made from
- Anything resembling a pearl's irregular ball-shape, notably a drop of liquid
- (figuratively) (One of) the best quality, first pick, the cream
- (printing) The size of type between diamant and nonparel, equated with the English pearl and standardized as 5 point.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch perle derived from French perle (pearl) derived from Italian perla derived from Latin perla, perna (leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham) derived from French perle (pearl).
Origin
French
perle
Gloss
pearl
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bepearl English
- empearl English
- impearl English
- pearl English
- pearl grass English
- pearlaceous English
- pearlash English
- pearler English
- pearlescent English
- pearlesque English
- pearlfish English
- pearlie English
- pearlin English
- pearlish English
- pearlite English
- pearlized English
- pearlstone English
- pearlware English
- pearlwort English
- pearly English
- perla Latin
- perna Latin
- pernarius Latin
- perula Latin
- Perl German
- imperlare Italian
- perla Italian
- perlaceo Italian
- perlaio Italian
- perlite Italian
- perno Italian
- duiker Dutch, Flemish
- hoen Dutch, Flemish
- moer Dutch, Flemish
- natuur Dutch, Flemish
- natuurparel Dutch, Flemish
- parelduiker Dutch, Flemish
- parelhoen Dutch, Flemish
- parelmoer Dutch, Flemish
- parelmoervlinder Dutch, Flemish
- parelvisser Dutch, Flemish
- visser Dutch, Flemish
- baderne French
- perle French
- perler French
- perlier French
- perne French
- pernil Spanish, Castilian
- pierna Spanish, Castilian
- πέρνα Ancient Greek
- perle Norwegian Bokmål
- pernil Portuguese
- パール Japanese
- perle Norwegian Nynorsk
- perle Middle English
- perle Old French
- pernil Galician
- perle Middle Dutch
- perala Old High German
- pêrel Afrikaans
- perla Faroese
- perna Old Portuguese
- perula Old Saxon
- perla Slovak
- *persnā Proto-Italic
- pierna Asturian
- poorr Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin