| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈpaːrəl/ |
| Hyphenation | pa·rel |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | parels, parelen, paarlen |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| pareltje | pareltjes |
| Catalan | perla |
|---|---|
| Czech | perla; perlička |
| Danish | perle |
| English | pearl |
| Esperanto | perlo |
| Faeroese | perla |
| Finnish | helmi |
| French | perle |
| German | Perle |
| Italian | perla |
| Latin | baca; margarita |
| Norwegian | perle |
| Papiamento | perla |
| Portuguese | pérola |
| Saterland Frisian | Poarel |
| Scots | pearl |
| Spanish | perla |
| Swedish | pärla |
| Tagalog | perlas; mutyâ |
| Turkish | inci |
| Welsh | perl |
| West Frisian | pearel |