Nacre

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈneɪkÉ™/
• US IPA: /ˈneɪkəɹ/
• Rhymes: -eɪkÉ™(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• nacker obsolete
• naker obsolete

Origin

From Middle French nacre, from Late Latin nacchara, perhaps from Arabic نقر.

Full definition of nacre

Noun

1. (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. 16th-19th c.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish ....
2. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. from 17th c.

Anagrams

• caner, Caren, crane, rance