"mother-of-pearl" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mother-of-pearl.wav [US]
Etymology: Calque of Latin māter perlārum, with the first element perhaps connected in popular imagination with obsolete mother (“dregs”). Possibly referring to the fact that the nacre-lined shells are the belly (“mother”) in which pearls are produced. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|māter perlārum}} Calque of Latin māter perlārum, {{m|en|mother|t=dregs}} mother (“dregs”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mother-of-pearl (not comparable)
  1. Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Gems Related terms: pearl
    Sense id: en-mother-of-pearl-en-adj-f9g9o1KP Disambiguation of Gems: 36 22 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 13 45

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mother-of-pearl.wav [US] Forms: mother-of-pearls [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin māter perlārum, with the first element perhaps connected in popular imagination with obsolete mother (“dregs”). Possibly referring to the fact that the nacre-lined shells are the belly (“mother”) in which pearls are produced. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|māter perlārum}} Calque of Latin māter perlārum, {{m|en|mother|t=dregs}} mother (“dregs”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mother-of-pearl (countable and uncountable, plural mother-of-pearls)
  1. The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems Translations (pearly layer): амыркылд (amərkʼəld) (Abkhaz), sedef [masculine] (Albanian), πινάριον (pinárion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), عِرْق اللُّؤْلُؤ (ʕirq al-luʔluʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), صَدَف (ṣadaf) [masculine] (Arabic), أُمّ اللَّآلِئ (ʔumm al-laʔāliʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), սադափ (sadapʻ) (Armenian), sədəf (Azerbaijani), мәрүәт (mərwət) (Bashkir), перламу́тр (pjerlamútr) [masculine] (Belarusian), пэрляму́тар (perljamútar) [masculine] (Belarusian), মৌক্তিক (mōuktik) (Bengali), седе́ф (sedéf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မုတ်ခွံ (muthkwam) (Burmese), ကနုကမာ (ka.nu.ka.ma) (Burmese), эржэн (eržen) (Buryat), тана (tana) (Buryat), mareperla [feminine] (Catalan), 珍珠母 (zhēnzhūmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), (yáo) (Chinese Mandarin), perleť [feminine] (Czech), perlemor [neuter] (Danish), parelmoer [neuter] (Dutch), pärlmutter (Estonian), helmiäinen (Finnish), nacre [feminine] (French), mariperle [feminine] (Friulian), სადაფი (sadapi) (Georgian), Perlmutt [neuter] (German), Perlmutter [feminine, neuter] (German), φίλντισι (fílntisi) [neuter] (Greek), דַּר (dar) [masculine] (Hebrew), सीप (sīp) [masculine] (Hindi), gyöngyház (Hungarian), perlumóðir [feminine] (Icelandic), indung mutiara (Indonesian), giwang (Indonesian), néamhann [masculine] (Irish), madreperla [feminine] (Italian), 真珠層 (shinjusō) (alt: しんじゅそう) (Japanese), 真珠母 (shinjubo) (alt: しんじゅぼ) (Japanese), тан (tan) (Kalmyk), седеп (sedep) (Kazakh), тана (tana) (Kazakh), 진주층 (jinjucheung) (Korean), 진주모 (jinjumo) (Korean), седеп (sedep) (Kyrgyz), perlamutrs [masculine] (Latvian), perlamutras [masculine] (Lithuanian), седеф (sedef) [masculine] (Macedonian), lageng (Maranao), тана (tana) (Mongolian), diichiłí (Navajo), perlemor [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjerne [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), perlemor [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صدف (sadáf) [masculine] (Pashto), صدف (sadaf) (Persian), masa perłowa [feminine] (Polish), macica perłowa [feminine] (Polish), madrepérola [feminine] (Portuguese), nácar [masculine] (Portuguese), sidef [neuter] (Romanian), перламу́тр (perlamútr) [masculine] (Russian), сѐдеф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sèdef [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), perleť [feminine] (Slovak), sedef [masculine] (Slovene), тана (tana) (Southern Altai), nácar [masculine] (Spanish), madreperla [feminine] (Spanish), pärlemor [common-gender] (Swedish), nakar (Tagalog), inamperlas (Tagalog), binga (Tagalog), садаф (sadaf) (Tajik), пәрәмәч (pärämäç) (Tatar), ముత్యపుచిప్ప (mutyapucippa) (Telugu), sedef (Turkish), sadap (Turkmen), перламу́тр (perlamútr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), سیپ (sīp) [masculine] (Urdu), صدف (sadaf) (Urdu), سەدەپ (sedep) (Uyghur), sadaf (Uzbek), xà cừ (Vietnamese), nacr [masculine] (Welsh), cregynwisg [feminine] (Welsh), tipey (Yakan), פּערל־מוטער (perl-muter) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-mother-of-pearl-en-noun-8A3V1c4n Disambiguation of Gems: 36 22 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 13 45 Disambiguation of 'pearly layer': 94 6
  2. A butterfly of the genus Salamis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies Translations (butterfly): satraappi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mother-of-pearl-en-noun-ROkgwZo4 Disambiguation of Gems: 36 22 41 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 30 16 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 13 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 17 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 18 50 Disambiguation of 'butterfly': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mother of pearl, nacre

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "pearly layer",
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          "roman": "pinárion",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dar",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "דַּר"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sīp",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
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          "word": "सीप"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "gyöngyház"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "perlumóðir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "indung mutiara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "giwang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "néamhann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madreperla"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "alt": "しんじゅそう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinjusō",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "真珠層"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "alt": "しんじゅぼ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinjubo",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "真珠母"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "tan",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "тан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sedep",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "седеп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tana",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "тана"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jinjucheung",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "진주층"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jinjumo",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "진주모"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sedep",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "седеп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "perlamutrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "perlamutras"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sedef",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "седеф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mrw",
          "lang": "Maranao",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "lageng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tana",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "тана"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "diichiłí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "perlemor"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kjerne"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "perlemor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "sadáf",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صدف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sadaf",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "word": "صدف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "masa perłowa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "macica perłowa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrepérola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pearly layer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "nácar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "giwang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "néamhann"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madreperla"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんじゅそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinjusō",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "真珠層"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんじゅぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinjubo",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "真珠母"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "tan",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "тан"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sedep",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "седеп"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tana",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "тана"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinjucheung",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "진주층"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jinjumo",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "진주모"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sedep",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "седеп"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perlamutrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perlamutras"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sedef",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "седеф"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrw",
      "lang": "Maranao",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "lageng"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tana",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "тана"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "diichiłí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perlemor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kjerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "perlemor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "sadáf",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صدف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sadaf",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "صدف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masa perłowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macica perłowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrepérola"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nácar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sidef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perlamútr",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перламу́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сѐдеф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sèdef"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perleť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sedef"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "tana",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "тана"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nácar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madreperla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pärlemor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "nakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "inamperlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "binga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sadaf",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "садаф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "pärämäç",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "пәрәмәч"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mutyapucippa",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "ముత్యపుచిప్ప"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "sedef"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "sadap"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perlamútr",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перламу́тр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sīp",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سیپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sadaf",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "صدف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "sedep",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "سەدەپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "sadaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "xà cừ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nacr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cregynwisg"
    },
    {
      "code": "yka",
      "lang": "Yakan",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "tipey"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "perl-muter",
      "sense": "pearly layer",
      "word": "פּערל־מוטער"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "butterfly",
      "word": "satraappi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mother-of-pearl"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms calqued from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Gems",
    "en:Nymphalid butterflies"
  ],
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "māter perlārum"
      },
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      "name": "calque"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mother",
        "t": "dregs"
      },
      "expansion": "mother (“dregs”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Latin māter perlārum, with the first element perhaps connected in popular imagination with obsolete mother (“dregs”). Possibly referring to the fact that the nacre-lined shells are the belly (“mother”) in which pearls are produced.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "mother-of-pearl (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pearl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "iridescent",
          "iridescent"
        ],
        [
          "pearly",
          "pearly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mother-of-pearl"
}

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