mother-of-pearl, nacre (pearly substance on the interior of shells)
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/pɛrlˈmʊt/
Etimologia (Inglês)
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.