earring
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪɹɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
- Hyphenation: ear‧ring
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).
Noun
[edit]earring (plural earrings)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]piece of jewelry
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See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]earring (uncountable)
- Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”).
Anagrams
[edit]West Frisian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje)
Further reading
[edit]- “earring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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