different between nacre vs nacreous

English

Alternative forms

• naker, nacker (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, from Arabic ?????????? (naqq?ra). Also present in nacarat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ne?k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ne?k??/
• Rhymes: -e?k?(?)

Noun

nacre (plural nacres)

1. (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. [16th-19th c.]
2. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• nacrous

Translations

Anagrams

• Caren, Carne, Cerna, Crane, Crean, Rance, caner, caren, crane, crena, rance, recan

French

Etymology

From Middle French nacre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nak?/

Noun

nacre f (plural nacres)

1. mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)

Verb

nacre

1. first-person singular present indicative of nacrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of nacrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nacrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nacrer
5. second-person singular imperative of nacrer

Derived terms

• nacré
• nacrer

Further reading

• “nacre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, écran, encra, rance

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nacre, nacaire, from Medieval Latin nacchara, from Arabic ?????????? (naqq?ra).

Noun

nacre m (plural nacres)

1. nacre (shellfish)
   • 1608, Histoire du monde... mis en français par Antoine Dupinet, Chapter 42, page 490

     Les Nacres aussi sont de la race des poissons à escailles.

Descendants

• French: nacre (“morther-of-pearl”), nacaire (“a small drum”)
• ? Catalan: nacre
  • ? Portuguese: nácar
  • ? Spanish: nácar
• ? English: nacre, naker, nacker

English

Etymology

nacre +? -ous

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ne?.k?i.?s/

Adjective

nacreous (comparative more nacreous, superlative most nacreous)

1. Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
2. Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.

See also

• opalescent, opaline, pearlescent

Anagrams

• Crusoean, carneous