perler
French, verb/pɛʁ.le/
perler is spelled P-E-R-L-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perler is a French verb meaning “to bead (form into beads)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coudre des perles sur un tissu”.
What does perler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bead (form into beads)
Des gouttes de sueur perlaient sur son corps.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Coudre des perles sur un tissu. 2. Se détacher en forme de perles. 3. Se détacher en forme de perles en parlant du sucre fondu que l’on verse. 4. Débarrasser de leur enveloppe, (la balle) les graines de riz ou d'orge.
verb: 1. Parler avec l’accent de France ou s’imaginer parler de manière très normative.
noun: 1. Déverbal de perler (verbe 2).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- perlant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- perlé participle past
- perle first-person indicative present
- perles indicative present second-person
- perlons first-person indicative plural
- perlez indicative plural present
- perlent indicative plural present
- perlais first-person imperfect indicative
- perlait imperfect indicative singular
- perlions first-person imperfect indicative
- perliez imperfect indicative plural
- perlaient imperfect indicative plural
- perlai first-person historic indicative
- perlas historic indicative past
- perla historic indicative past
- perlâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perler?
- /pɛʁ.le/
- \pɛʁ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perler in French?
perler appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).