earring

English

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An earring.

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Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#EARRINGCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ew- (perceive)#EARRINGCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#EARRING

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#EARRINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#EARRING erering, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#EARRINGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#EARRING ēarhring (ear-ring), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#EARRINGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#EARRING *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ringCategory:English compound terms#EARRING. Cognate with West Frisian earring (earring), Dutch oorring (earring), German Low German Ohrring (earring), German Ohrring (earring), Danish ørering (earring), Swedish örring (earring).

Noun

earring (plural earrings)Category:English lemmas#EARRINGCategory:English nouns#EARRINGCategory:English countable nouns#EARRINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#EARRINGCategory:Pages with entries#EARRINGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#EARRING

  1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
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Etymology 2

    Noun

    earring (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#EARRINGCategory:English nouns#EARRINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#EARRINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#EARRINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#EARRINGCategory:Pages with entries#EARRINGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#EARRING

    1. Alternative form of earing (a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing).

    Anagrams

    Category:English endocentric compounds#EARRING Category:en:Jewelry#EARRING

    West Frisian

    Etymology

    From ear + ringCategory:West Frisian compound terms#EARRING.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje)Category:West Frisian lemmas#EARRINGCategory:West Frisian nouns#EARRINGCategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#EARRINGCategory:West Frisian common-gender nouns#EARRINGCategory:Pages with entries#EARRINGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#EARRING

    1. Category:fy:Jewelry#EARRINGearring

    Further reading

    • earring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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