different between opal vs nacre

English

Etymology

In Florio’s A World of Words 1598 as opale, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (opállios), from Sanskrit ??? (upala, “gem, stone”), from ???? (upári, “the upper millstone”)..

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?p?l/
• Rhymes: -??p?l

Noun

opal (plural opals)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.
2. (biology, genetics, biochemistry) A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Opal”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “opal”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• OLAP, POLA, Palo, alop, aplo-, pola

Cebuano

Etymology

From English opal, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ???????? (opállios), from Sanskrit ??? (upala, “gem, stone”), from ???? (upári, “the upper millstone”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o?pal

Noun

opal

1. (mineralogy) opal

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pal/

Etymology 1

Noun

opal m inan

1. (mineralogy) opal

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) opalowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

opal

1. second-person singular imperative of opali?

Further reading

• opal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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