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nacre
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)
- (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. [16th-19th c.]
- 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)
- mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)
Verb
nacre
- first-person singular present indicative of nacrer
- third-person singular present indicative of nacrer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of nacrer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of nacrer
- 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)
- 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.
- 1608, Histoire du monde... mis en français par Antoine Dupinet, Chapter 42, page 490
Descendants
- French: nacre (“morther-of-pearl”), nacaire (“a small drum”)
- ? Catalan: nacre
- ? Portuguese: nácar
- ? Spanish: nácar
- ? English: nacre, naker, nacker
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pearlin
English
Etymology
pearl +? -in
Noun
pearlin (plural pearlins)
- (biochemistry) A protein found in nacre
See also
- pearlins
Anagrams
- plainer, praline
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