"perle" meaning in French

See perle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɛʁl/ Audio: Fr-perle.ogg Forms: perles [plural]
Etymology: From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (“little pear”). Alternatively derived via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula from Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|perle}} Old French perle, {{inh|fr|ML.|perla}} Medieval Latin perla, {{der|fr|la|perula||little pear}} Latin perula (“little pear”), {{der|fr|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|fr|la|perna||haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb}} Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} perle f (plural perles)
  1. pearl (gem produced by molluscs) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perle-fr-noun-56i~FVLu
  2. bead (of any material) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perle-fr-noun-LIaKohYd
  3. pearl, gem (lovely person or thing, excellent example) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perle-fr-noun-2V0vcqfm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: collier de perles, jeter des perles aux pourceaux, perle rare
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pɛʁl/ Audio: Fr-perle.ogg
Etymology: See perler. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} perle
  1. inflection of perler:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: perler
    Sense id: en-perle-fr-verb-vAmX4AYs Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 21 16 20 30 13
  2. inflection of perler:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: perler
    Sense id: en-perle-fr-verb-DGBjIXPH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "collier de perles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jeter des perles aux pourceaux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "perle rare"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "perlă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: perlă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: perlă"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "perla",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: perla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: perla"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "perle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French perle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "perla"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin perla",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perula",
        "4": "",
        "5": "little pear"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perula (“little pear”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perna",
        "4": "",
        "5": "haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French perle, from Medieval Latin perla, from Latin perula (“little pear”). Alternatively derived via unattested Medieval Latin *pernula from Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pearl (gem produced by molluscs)"
      ],
      "id": "en-perle-fr-noun-56i~FVLu",
      "links": [
        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bead (of any material)"
      ],
      "id": "en-perle-fr-noun-LIaKohYd",
      "links": [
        [
          "bead",
          "bead"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pearl, gem (lovely person or thing, excellent example)"
      ],
      "id": "en-perle-fr-noun-2V0vcqfm",
      "links": [
        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ],
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛʁl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-perle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-perle.ogg/Fr-perle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-perle.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perle"
}

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  "etymology_text": "See perler.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "21 16 20 30 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
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        }
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        "inflection of perler:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "id": "en-perle-fr-verb-vAmX4AYs",
      "links": [
        [
          "perler",
          "perler#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "perler"
        }
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        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "id": "en-perle-fr-verb-DGBjIXPH",
      "links": [
        [
          "perler",
          "perler#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/pɛʁl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-perle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-perle.ogg/Fr-perle.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "perle"
}
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    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French verb forms",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "collier de perles"
    },
    {
      "word": "jeter des perles aux pourceaux"
    },
    {
      "word": "perle rare"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "perlă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: perlă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: perlă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "perla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: perla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: perla"
    }
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "3": "perla"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin perla",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "little pear"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perna",
        "4": "",
        "5": "haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perna (“haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pearl (gem produced by molluscs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bead (of any material)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bead",
          "bead"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pearl, gem (lovely person or thing, excellent example)"
      ],
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        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ],
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛʁl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-perle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-perle.ogg/Fr-perle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-perle.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perle"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See perler.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
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          "perler",
          "perler#French"
        ]
      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/pɛʁl/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-perle.ogg",
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    }
  ],
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}

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