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perla.

pearl

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɛr.la/

  1. pearl

    also · feminine · figuratively

  2. pill

    feminine

  3. mistake

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. See pearl.

adj/ˈpɛr.la/

  1. pearl

    invariable · relational
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. See pearl.

noun/ˈpɛr.la/

  1. a small size of type, standardized as 4 point

    dated · feminine · invariable
Where this word comes from

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.

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