"pearly" meaning in All languages combined

See pearly on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-pearly.ogg [Australia] Forms: pearlier [comparative], pearliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li Etymology: pearl + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pearl|y}} pearl + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} pearly (comparative pearlier, superlative pearliest)
  1. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. Categories (topical): Whites
    Sense id: en-pearly-en-adj-aymsEAt2 Disambiguation of Whites: 36 2 6 4 37 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 5 4 34 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 3 8 6 26 31
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.
    Sense id: en-pearly-en-adj-CU0e1-BX
  3. Containing or yielding pearls.
    Sense id: en-pearly-en-adj-kgEmmPmT
  4. Having a pure sweet tone.
    Sense id: en-pearly-en-adj-nyGFzC-p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chambered nautilus

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pearly.ogg [Australia] Forms: pearlies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li Etymology: pearl + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pearl|y}} pearl + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pearly (countable and uncountable, plural pearlies)
  1. (uncountable, uncommon, dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. Tags: dated, uncommon, uncountable Categories (topical): Whites Translations (colour): бисерен (biseren) (Bulgarian), 珍珠色 (Chinese Mandarin), 真珠色 (shinjuiro) (alt: しんじゅいろ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-pearly-en-noun-lXyV1APs Disambiguation of Whites: 36 2 6 4 37 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 5 4 34 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 3 8 6 26 31 Disambiguation of 'colour': 100 0
  2. (countable, British, slang, especially in plural) A tooth. Tags: British, countable, especially, plural, slang Categories (topical): Whites
    Sense id: en-pearly-en-noun-xEK9v333 Disambiguation of Whites: 36 2 6 4 37 15 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 5 4 34 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 3 4 6 27 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 3 8 6 26 31

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pearly meaning in All languages combined (6.5kB)

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