English Explanatory Dictionary

earring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
noun
  1. Alternative form of earing (“a manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing”).

Pronunciation

/ˈɪɹɪŋ/ /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earring.wav

Word forms

earring earrings ear-ring earing

Etymology

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”).

Related words

earing

Derived words

chandelier earring earringed earringless hoop earring pierced earring slave earring
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