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 Translation for 'mother of pearl' from English to French
NOUN   mother-of-pearl | -
nacre {f}mother-of-pearl
Partial Matches
relig.
mère {f} de Dieu
Mother of God
perle {f}pearl
bot.T
achillée {f} des marais [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
pearl yarrow
perle {f} en verreglass pearl
collier {m} de perlespearl necklace
bot.T
achillée {f} des marais [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
pearl achillea
bot.T
achillée {f} sternutatoire [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
pearl achillea
bot.T
achillée {f} ptarmique [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
pearl achillea
bot.T
achillée {f} ptarmique [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
pearl yarrow
bot.T
achillée {f} sternutatoire [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
pearl yarrow
géogr.
rivière {f} des Perles [Chine]
Pearl River
géogr.
archipel {m} des Perles [situé sur la côte pacifique du Panama]
Pearl Islands
collier {m} de perlespearl choker
occup.
perliculteur {m}
pearl farmer
occup.
pêcheur {m} de perles
pearl diver
perle {f} artificielleartificial pearl
perle {f} de culturecultured pearl
perle {f} artificielleimitation pearl
perliculture {f}pearl farming
perle {f} montée en boucle d'oreillepearl earring
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Usage Examples English
  • He delighted in provoking the censors with double entendres and the near-profanities "Godfrey Daniels" and "mother of pearl".
  • Mother-of-pearl or nacre is the naturally occurring lustrous layer that lines some mollusc shells.
  • The doors of the vihara feature mother-of-pearl inlay and were taken from Wat Pa Mok in Ang Thong Province.
  • It was often ornately decorated with mother of pearl.
  • Gaza Strip industries are generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs.

  • Organic matrix/ceramic aggregate composites include asphalt concrete, polymer concrete, mastic asphalt, mastic roller hybrid, dental composite, syntactic foam and mother of pearl.
  • The town has a history based around the exploits of the men and women who developed the pearling industry, starting with the harvesting of oysters for mother of pearl in the 1880s to the large present-day cultured pearl farming enterprises.
  • They were excellent weavers, produced textiles, articles of gold, silver spondylus shells and mother of pearl.
  • During their forensic search of the aircraft, FBI agents found four major pieces of evidence, each with a direct physical link to Cooper: a black clip-on tie, a mother-of-pearl tie clip, a hair from Cooper’s headrest, and eight filter-tipped Raleigh cigarette butts from the armrest ashtray.
  • Whole seashells or parts of sea shells have been used as jewelry or in other forms of adornment since prehistoric times. Mother of pearl was historically primarily a seashell product, although more recently some mother of pearl comes from freshwater mussels.

  • When ammonites are found in clays, their original mother-of-pearl coating is often preserved.
  • The art of mother-of-pearl carving is said to have been a Bethlehem tradition since the 15th century when it was introduced by Franciscan friars from Italy.
  • The "frog" (which holds the bow hair and adjusts its tension) is also different from that of modern bows: whereas a violin bow frog has a "slide" (often made of mother of pearl), which pinches the hair and holds it flat and stationary across the frog, viol bows have an open frog that allows more movement of the hair.
  • Some imitation pearls (also called shell pearls) are simply made of mother-of-pearl, coral or conch shell, while others are made from glass and are coated with a solution containing fish scales called "essence d'Orient".
  • Ventrally the lizards are coloured yellow or orange to greenish-orange, partly with a mother-of-pearl shimmer.

  • , also known as mother of pearl, is an organic [...] inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed.
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