earring

== English == === Alternative forms === ear-ring, earing === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪɹɪŋ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ Hyphenation: ear‧ring === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== earring (plural earrings) A piece of jewelry worn on the ear. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== earing === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== earring (uncountable) Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”). === Anagrams === Garnier, Granier, angrier, grainer, rangier, rearing == West Frisian == === Etymology === From ear +‎ ring. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪə̯rɪŋ/ === Noun === earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje) earring ==== Further reading ==== “earring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011