piercing

English

Etymology

From pierce + -ing

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)sɪŋ

Verb

piercing

1. Present participle of pierce.

Noun

piercing (countable and uncountable; plural piercings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce
2. A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it

   ear piercing

3. The jewelry itself

Translations

hole for jewelry

• Catalan: pírcing (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺穿 (cmn) (cìchuān), 穿洞 (cmn) (chuāndòng), 沖孔 (cmn) (chōngkǒng)

• Finnish: lävistys (fi)
• French: piercing (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Piercing (de) n

• Hebrew: דגש (he) (dagesh)
• Japanese: ピアスホール (ja) (piasu hōru)
• Portuguese: piercing (pt) m
• Russian: пирсинг (ru) (pírsing) m, прокалывание (ru) (prokályvanije) n
• Spanish: pirsin (es) m
• Swedish: piercing (sv) c

the jewelry itself

• Finnish: lävistys (fi)
• French: piercing (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• Japanese: ピアス (ja) (piasu)
• Spanish: pirsin (es) m

Adjective

piercing (comparative more piercing, superlative most piercing)

1. Anything or anyone that pierces.

   piercing eyes

   The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.

Translations

of noise

• Esperanto: akretona (eo)
• French: perçant (fr)

• Jèrriais: pèrchant
• Russian: пронзительный (ru) (pronzítel'nyj)

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

piercing m (plural piercings)

1. a piercing

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

En ung mann med piercingar
A young man with piercings

Etymology

From English piercing.

Noun

piercing c

1. piercing (body art)

Declension

Declension of piercing

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	piercing	piercingen	piercingar	piercingarna
genitive	piercings	piercingens	piercingars	piercingarnas

Derived terms

• ansiktspiercing
• kroppspiercing