parel

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nounfeminine
  1. a pearl, a precious, round shelly concretion from oysters or other molluscs
  2. its imitation
  3. mother of pearl, the natural material pearls are made from
  4. anything resembling a pearl's irregular ball-shape, notably a drop of liquid
  5. figuratively(One of) the best quality, first pick, the cream
  6. printing, datedthe size of type between diamant and nonparel, equated with the English pearl and standardized as 5 point

Forms

noun

pluralparels
pluralparelen
diminutive neuterpareltje

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