mother-of-pearl

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

nácar

anacarado

concha de perla

madreperla

nacarado

nacarino

Sinónimos

nacre

mother of pearl

pearl

nacrous

Traducciones

nacre

madreperla

Perlmutt

madrepérola

parelmoer

paarlemoer

sedef

Perlmutter

sedef

nacre

nácar

margaro

φίλντισι

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.