earring

earring

English

An earring.

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”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
• Hyphenation: ear‧ring

Noun

earring (plural earrings)

1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

Derived terms

• chandelier earring
• hoop earring
• pierced earring
• slave earring

 

Translations

piece of jewelry

Afrikaans: oorbel, oorring, oorkrabbetjie, oorkrawwetjie Ainu: ニンカリ (ninkari) Albanian: vathë (sq) f Arabic: قُرْط‎ m (qurṭ), حَلَق‎ (ar) m (ḥalaq) Egyptian Arabic: حلقة‎ f (ḥalʾa) Hijazi Arabic: حَلَق‎ m (ḥalag) Aragonese: please add this translation if you can Armenian: ականջօղ (hy) (akanǰōł), օղ (hy) (ōł) Aromanian: tsirtselj n, tsirtseljiu, tsirtsel, dzirdzelj, dzirdzeljiu, minghiush, mãnghiush, ver Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܢܲܫܬܵܐ‎ f (qnaštā) Asturian: pendiente m, perendengue (ast) m, areta f Avar: кӏиликӏ (kʼilikʼ) Azerbaijani: sırğa (az) Bashkir: алҡа (alqa), (local) һырға (hırğa) Basque: belarritako (eu) Bats: საყურე̂ (saq̇urê) Belarusian: заву́шніца f (zavúšnica) Bengali: মাকড়ি (makôṛi) Bikol Central: hikaw (bcl) Bulgarian: обица́ (bg) f (obicá) Burmese: နားကပ် (my) (na:kap), နားကွင်း (my) (na:kwang:) Buryat: һиихэ (hiixe) Catalan: arracada (ca) f Cebuano: ariyos Chechen: чӏагарш (čʼagarš), хьалкханаш (ḥʳalqanaš) Cherokee: ᎠᏟᎠᏙ (atliado) Chinese: Cantonese: 耳環, 耳环 (ji5 waan4-2) Hakka: 耳環, 耳环 (ngí-vàn) Mandarin: 耳環／耳环 (zh) (ěrhuán) Min Nan: 耳鉤 (zh-min-nan), 耳钩 (hīⁿ-kau, hī-kau), 耳環, 耳环 (hīⁿ-khoân, hī-khoân) Crimean Tatar: sırğa Coptic: ⲕⲁϣⲁⲃⲉⲗ (kašabel) Czech: náušnice (cs) f Danish: ørering (da) c Dolgan: ытырга (ıtırga) Dutch: oorbel (nl) m or f, oorring (nl) m Esperanto: orelringo Estonian: kõrvarõngas Faroese: oyrnaringur m, oyrnalokkur m Finnish: korvakoru (fi), korvarengas French: boucle d'oreille (fr) f Galician: pendente (gl) m, brinco (gl) m, cercelo m Georgian: საყურე (saq̇ure) German: Ohrring (de) m Greek: σκουλαρίκι (el) n (skoularíki) Ancient: ἐνώτιον n (enṓtion), πλάστρον n (plástron) Hausa: yari Hebrew: עָגִיל‎ (he) m (agil) Hiligaynon: aritos Hindi: कान की बाली f (kān kī bālī), बाली (hi) f (bālī) Hungarian: fülbevaló (hu) Icelandic: eyrnalokkur m Ido: oreloringo (io) Ilocano: aritos, lubay Indonesian: subang (id), anting-anting (id) Ingush: гӏалкха (ğalqa) Irish: fáinne cluaise m Italian: orecchino (it) m Japanese: イヤリング (ja) (iyaringu), 耳飾り (mimikazari) Kannada: please add this translation if you can Kapampangan: tingga Kazakh: сырға (syrğa) Khmer: ក្រវិល (km) (krɑvəl), កុណ្ឌល (km) (kondŭəl), ក្រវិលត្រចៀក (krɑvəl trɑciək), កន្ទល់ (kɑntŭəl) Korean: 귀고리 (gwigori), 이어링 (ieoring) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوارھ‎ (gwarh) Northern Kurdish: guhar (ku) f, guhark (ku) f Kyrgyz: сырга (ky) (sırga) Ladin: rucin m Lao: ຕຸ້ມຫູ (lo) (tum hū) Latin: inauris f Latvian: auskars m Laz: ოყუჯე (oquce), ყუჯიში (qucişi) Lithuanian: auskaras m Luxembourgish: Ouerrank m Macedonian: о́бетка f (óbetka), менѓуша f (menǵuša) Maguindanao: pamalang Malay: anting-anting (ms), subang (ms) Malayalam: കമ്മൽ (ml) (kammal) Manx: fainey chleayshey f Maori: whakakai, iaringi Maranao: pamrang Marathi: कानातले n (kānātale) Mingrelian: ოჸუჯე (oʾuǯe) Mongolian: ээмэг (mn) (eemeg) Navajo: jaatłʼóół, jaaʼ bigháníʼáhí Nepali: झुम्का (jhumkā) Nogai: сырга (sırga) Norman: boucl'ye d'ouothelle f Northern Ohlone: ponkói Norwegian: ørering c Bokmål: øredobb m or f, øredobbe m or f Nynorsk: øyredobb m, øyredobbe f Occitan: pendent (oc) m Old English: ēarhring m Oromo: lootii Ossetian: хъусцӕг (quscæg) Pangasinan: ikaw Persian: گوشواره‎ (fa) (gušvâre), منگوش‎ (manguš) Polish: kolczyk (pl) m Portuguese: brinco (pt) m Punjabi: please add this translation if you can Romanian: cercel (ro) m Romansch: ureglin m (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran), urachin m (Puter), uraglin m (Vallader), rintga f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), rentga d'ureglia f (Sutsilvan), rentga f (Surmiran), pandarliez m (Sutsilvan) Russian: серьга́ (ru) f (serʹgá), серёжка (ru) f (serjóžka) Sanskrit: कर्णवेष्ट (sa) (karṇaveṣṭa) Scottish Gaelic: fàinne-chluaise f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: наушница f, минђуша f Roman: naušnica (sh) f, minđuša (sh) f, rinčica (sh) f (Croatia) Sicilian: ricchina (scn) f Slovak: náušnica (sk) f Slovene: uhan (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: zawušnik m Southern Altai: сырга (sïrga) Spanish: arete (es) m (Latin America), arito m (El Salvador, Honduras), aro (es) m (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay), caravana (es) f (Uruguay), chapa (es) f (Nicaragua), pantalla (es) f (Puerto Rico), pendiente (es) m (Spain), zarcillo (es) m (Canary Islands, Venezuela, rarely southern Spain) Svan: ლეშდმა̈რ (lešdmär) Swahili: hereni class 9/10 Swedish: örhänge (sv) c Tagalog: arilyos, hikaw (tl) Tajik: гӯшвора (güšvora) Tatar: сырга (tt) (sırga) Telugu: చెవిపోగు (te) (cevipōgu) Thai: ต่างหู (th) (dtàang-hǔu), ตุ้มหู (th) (dtûm-hǔu) Tibetan: རྣ་རྒྱན (rna rgyan) Tocharian B: klautsaiñe Turkish: küpe (tr) Turkmen: gulakhalka Ukrainian: серга́ f (serhá), сере́жка f (seréžka), ку́льчик f (kúlʹčyk) Urdu: بالی‎ f (bālī) Uyghur: سۆكە‎ (söke), يىگىنە‎ (yigine) Uzbek: isirgʻa (uz), zirak (uz) Vietnamese: khuyên tai, khuyên (vi), hoa tai, bông tai Volapük: please add this translation if you can Waray-Waray: ariyos Welsh: clustlws m, clustdlws m West Frisian: earring, earbel Westrobothnian: åirhaindj f Yiddish: וירינגל‎ (oyringl)

See also

• earing

Anagrams

• Garnier, Granier, angrier, grainer, rangier, rearing

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West Frisian

Etymology

From ear +‎ ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯rɪŋ/

Noun

earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje)

1. earring

Further reading

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