Perla

See also: perla, pèrla, perlă, and perła

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Perla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Perlidae – certain stoneflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Plecoptera – order; Arctoperlaria – suborder; Systellognatha – infraorder; Perlidae – family; Perlinae – subfamily; Perlini – tribe

Derived terms

• Calliperla
• Caroperla
• Cascadoperla
• Clioperla
• Cosumnoperla
• Eoperla
• Etrocorema
• Flavoperla
• Hansonoperla
• Helenoperla
• Hesperoperla
• Isoperla
• Mesoperla
• Miniperla
• Nigroperla
• Perlesta
• Perlodes
• Pictetoperla
• Togoperla
• Tyloperla

Related terms

• Arctoperlaria

References

• Perlidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Perlini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Perla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾla/ [ˈpiɾ̪.l̪ɐ]

Proper noun

Perla (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜎ)

1. a female given name

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛrtla/
• Rhymes: -ɛrtla

  Homophone: perla

Proper noun

Perla f (proper noun, genitive singular Perlu)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Perla (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Perla
accusative	Perlu
dative	Perlu
genitive	Perlu

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrɫa/
• Homophone: perla

Proper noun

Perla f (genitive singular Perly, nominative plural Perly, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Perla

	singular	plural
nominative	Perla	Perly
genitive	Perly	Periel
dative	Perle	Perlám
accusative	Perlu	Perly
locative	Perle	Perlách
instrumental	Perlou	Perlami

Further reading

• “Perla”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From perla (“pearl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾla/ [ˈpeɾ.la]
• Rhymes: -eɾla
• Syllabification: Per‧la

Proper noun

Perla f

1. a female given name
2. a surname