madrepérola
Appearance
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]From madre (“mother”) + pérola (“pearl”). Calque of Italian madreperla.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛɾulɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧dre‧pé‧ro‧la
Noun
[edit]madrepérola f (plural madrepérolas)
- mother-of-pearl
- Synonym: nácar
Categories:
- Portuguese compound terms
- Portuguese terms calqued from Italian
- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾulɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾulɐ/5 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns