# perle
## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛrlə/, [ˈpʰæɐ̯lə]

### Noun

perle c (singular definite perlen, plural indefinite perler)
* pearl
* bead
* drop
* (figuratively) gem, jewel, beauty, treasure

#### Inflection
### Verb

perle (imperative perl, infinitive at perle, present tense perler, past tense perlede, perfect tense har perlet)
* appear as small drops
* sparkle

### Further reading

* perle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* pearl (gem produced by molluscs)
* bead (of any material)
* 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
* inflection of perler:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** 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: /ˈpɛr.le/
* Rhymes: -ɛrle
* Hyphenation: pèr‧le

### Noun

perle f
* plural of perla

### Anagrams

* Lepre, lepre

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

perlè
* locative singular of per̃las (“pearl”)

### Noun

per̃le
* 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: /ˈpɛːrl(ə)/, /ˈpɛrl(ə)/

### Noun

perle (plural perles)
* A pearl (excretion found in bivalves used in jewellery and medicine).
* (figurative) Any round object, especially when shiny.
* (figurative) The pupil (hole in the iris)
* (figurative) Anything or anyone that is valuable (especially in religion)
* (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)
* 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)
* a pearl (as above)

### References

* “perle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛr.lɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛrlɛ
* Syllabification: per‧le

### Noun

perle f
* dative/locative singular of perła

## Spanish
### Verb

perle
* inflection of perlar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative