noun, feminine/ˈpeɾla/plural: perlas
pearl; bead; pall
Unknown, but cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Portuguese pérola. See pearl. The usual Latin word for a pearl was margarīta.
/ˈpeɾla/
pearl; bead; pall
Unknown, but cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Portuguese pérola. See pearl. The usual Latin word for a pearl was margarīta.
a small size of type, standardized as 4 or 5 point
Synonyms: parisienne
Borrowed from French perle, the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time.