nácar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.kɐʁ/ [ˈna.kɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.kɐʁ/ [ˈna.kɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈna.kɐɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈna.kɐʁ/ [ˈna.kɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.kaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.kaɾ/

• Hyphenation: ná‧car

Noun

nácar m (plural nácares)

1. nacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)

   Synonym: madrepérola

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan nacre or Old French nacre, nacaire, from Medieval Latin nacchara, from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnakaɾ/ [ˈna.kaɾ]
• Rhymes: -akaɾ
• Syllabification: ná‧car

Noun

nácar m (plural nácares)

1. nacre, mother of pearl

Derived terms

• anacarado
• flor de nácar
• hierba del nácar
• nacarado
• nacarino

See also

• madreperla

Further reading

• “nácar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10