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 прему́дрости ― pérly premúdrosti ― "pearls of wisdom" (only ironic)
    бюрократи́ческие пе́рлы ― bjurokratíčeskije pérly ― bureaucratic gobbledygook
  4. (computing) Perl

Declension

Derived terms

  • перло́вый (perlóvyj)
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