Mother-of-pearl

//ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l//

Synonyms for "mother-of-pearl" (42 found)

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Noun(1 words)
nacre

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Related words (21)

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Translations

97 translations across 72 languages.

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Abkhaz

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  • амыркылд noun (pearly layer)

Albanian

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  • sedef noun (pearly layer)

Ancient Greek

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  • πινάριον noun (pearly layer)

Arabic

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  • أُمّ اللَّآلِئ noun (pearly layer)
  • زَلَف noun (pearly layer)
  • زِلْف noun (pearly layer)
  • صَدَف noun (pearly layer)

Armenian

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  • սադափ noun (pearly layer)

Azerbaijani

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  • sədəf noun (pearly layer)

Bashkir

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  • мәрүәт noun (pearly layer)

Belarusian

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  • перламу́тр noun (pearly layer)
  • пэрляму́тар noun (pearly layer)

Bengali

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  • মৌক্তিক noun (pearly layer)

Bulgarian

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  • седе́ф noun (pearly layer)

Burmese

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  • ကနုကမာ noun (pearly layer)
  • မုတ်ခွံ noun (pearly layer)

Buryat

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  • тана noun (pearly layer)
  • эржэн noun (pearly layer)

Catalan

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  • mareperla noun (pearly layer)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 珍珠母 noun (pearly layer)
  • 珧 noun (pearly layer)

Czech

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  • perleť noun (pearly layer)

Danish

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  • perlemor noun (pearly layer)

Dutch

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  • parelmoer noun (pearly layer)

Estonian

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  • pärlmutter noun (pearly layer)

Finnish

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  • helmiäinen noun (pearly layer)
  • satraappi noun (butterfly)

French

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  • nacre noun (pearly layer)

Friulian

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  • mariperle noun (pearly layer)

Georgian

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  • პერლამუტრი noun (pearly layer)
  • სადაფი noun (pearly layer)

German

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  • Perlmutt noun (pearly layer)
  • Perlmutter noun (pearly layer)

Greek

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  • φίλντισι noun (pearly layer)

Hebrew

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  • דַּר noun (pearly layer)

Hindi

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  • सदफ noun (pearly layer)
  • सदफ़ noun (pearly layer)

Hungarian

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  • gyöngyház noun (pearly layer)

Icelandic

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  • perlumóðir noun (pearly layer)

Indonesian

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  • giwang noun (pearly layer)
  • indung mutiara noun (pearly layer)

Iranian Persian

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  • صَدَف noun (pearly layer)

Irish

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  • néamhann noun (pearly layer)

Italian

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  • madreperla noun (pearly layer)

Japanese

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  • 真珠層 noun (pearly layer)
  • 真珠母 noun (pearly layer)

Kalmyk

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  • тан noun (pearly layer)

Kazakh

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  • седеп noun (pearly layer)
  • тана noun (pearly layer)

Korean

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  • 진주모 noun (pearly layer)
  • 진주층 noun (pearly layer)

Kyrgyz

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  • седеп noun (pearly layer)

Latvian

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  • perlamutrs noun (pearly layer)

Lithuanian

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  • perlamutras noun (pearly layer)

Macedonian

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  • седеф noun (pearly layer)

Maranao

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  • lageng noun (pearly layer)

Mongolian

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  • тана noun (pearly layer)

Navajo

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  • diichiłí noun (pearly layer)

Northern Kurdish

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  • sedef noun (pearly layer)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • kjerne noun (pearly layer)
  • perlemor noun (pearly layer)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • perlemor noun (pearly layer)

Ottoman Turkish

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  • صدف noun (pearly layer)

Pashto

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  • صدف noun (pearly layer)

Polish

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  • macica perłowa noun (pearly layer)
  • masa perłowa noun (pearly layer)

Portuguese

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  • madrepérola noun (pearly layer)
  • nácar noun (pearly layer)

Romanian

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  • sidef noun (pearly layer)

Russian

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  • перламу́тр noun (pearly layer)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • sèdef noun (pearly layer)
  • сѐдеф noun (pearly layer)

Slovak

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  • perleť noun (pearly layer)

Slovene

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  • sedef noun (pearly layer)

Southern Altai

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  • тана noun (pearly layer)

Spanish

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  • madreperla noun (pearly layer)
  • nácar noun (pearly layer)

Swedish

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  • pärlemor noun (pearly layer)

Tagalog

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  • binga noun (pearly layer)
  • inamperlas noun (pearly layer)
  • nakar noun (pearly layer)

Tajik

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  • садаф noun (pearly layer)

Tatar

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  • перламутр noun (pearly layer)
  • сәдәф noun (pearly layer)

Telugu

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  • ముత్యపుచిప్ప noun (pearly layer)

Turkish

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  • sedef noun (pearly layer)

Turkmen

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  • sadap noun (pearly layer)

Ukrainian

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  • перламу́тр noun (pearly layer)

Urdu

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  • صَدَف noun (pearly layer)

Uyghur

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  • سەدەپ noun (pearly layer)

Uzbek

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  • sadaf noun (pearly layer)

Vietnamese

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  • xà cừ noun (pearly layer)

Welsh

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  • cregynwisg noun (pearly layer)
  • nacr noun (pearly layer)

Yakan

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  • tipey noun (pearly layer)

Yiddish

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  • פּערל־מוטער noun (pearly layer)

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Ah, those Indian warehouses made the morning pass in a charming manner! many a soft confession was whispered over a huge china jar; many a heart has succumbed to a suite of mother-of-pearl card-box and counters; and as to the shawls, why, the whole feminine world has long ago acknowledged them to be irresistible.

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