Perlmutt

Signification (Anglais)

mother-of-pearl, nacre (pearly substance on the interior of shells)

Concepts

nacre

Synonymes

Perlmutter

Traductions

nácar

nacre

mother-of-pearl

madrepérola

parelmoer

madreperla

sedef

nácar

paarlemoer

sedef

perlamutras

nacre

φίλντισι

μάργαρο

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɛrlˈmʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Shortened from now less common Perlmutter, a calque of Latin māter perlārum. The shortening possibly through reinterpretation of perlmuttern as Perlmutt + -ern instead of Perlmutter + -n.