перл

Russian

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from German Perl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲerl]

Noun

перл (perl) m inan (genitive пе́рла, nominative plural пе́рлы, genitive plural пе́рлов)

  1. (dated) pearl
  2. (printing) pearl
  3. (ironical) malapropism, howler
    пе́рлы прему́дростиpérly premúdrosti"pearls of wisdom" (only ironic)
    бюрократи́ческие пе́рлыbjurokratíčeskije pérlybureaucratic gobbledygook
  4. (computing) Perl

Declension

Derived terms

  • перло́вый (perlóvyj)
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