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Perle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bead noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewelry or decoration.
  • bird noun A warm-blooded egg-laying animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
  • pearl noun A smooth, rounded gem formed inside the shell of certain oysters and mollusks, prized for jewelry.

Senses

Perle is used for these senses in English:

  • pearl (uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.

bead — full definition

  1. noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewelry or decoration.
  2. noun A small drop of liquid, such as sweat or condensation.
  3. noun One of the small balls on a rosary, used for counting prayers.

bird — full definition

  1. noun A warm-blooded egg-laying animal with feathers, wings, and a beak.
  2. noun (informal) An aircraft.
  3. noun (slang, British, dated/informal) A woman, especially a young one.
  4. noun (slang) The rude gesture made by extending the middle finger.
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