mother-of-pearl

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.
2. (countable, uncountable) A butterfly of the genus Salamis.

Adj

Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly.

Έννοιες

φίλντισι

μάργαρο

sintefi

margaro

sentefi

σεντέφι

Συνώνυμα

nacre

mother of pearl

pearl

nacrous

Μεταφράσεις

nacre

madreperla

nácar

Perlmutt

madrepérola

parelmoer

paarlemoer

sedef

Perlmutter

sedef

nacre

nácar

perlamutras

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Calque of Latin māter perlārum, with the first element perhaps connected in popular imagination with obsolete mother (“dregs”). Possibly referring to the fact that the nacre-lined shells are the belly (“mother”) in which pearls are produced.