piercing
English
Etymology
pierce + -ing
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ
- Hyphenation: piercing
Verb
piercing
- present participle of pierce
Noun
piercing (countable and uncountable, plural piercings)
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- gerund of pierce
- A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
- ear piercing
- An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (sense 2).
Descendants
- → Catalan: pírcing
- → French: piercing
- → German: Piercing
- → Portuguese: piercing, pírcingue
- → Spanish: pirsin
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Adjective
piercing (comparative more piercing, superlative most piercing)
- Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating.
- piercing eyes
- Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter.
- Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill.
- The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 155:
- In the meantime the saw was stopped and two of the men began filing and sharpening the blades, which produced such a piercing sound that it went through bone and marrow.
Derived terms
- armour-piercing, armor-piercing
- ear-piercing
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiːr.sɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pier‧cing
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings, diminutive piercinkje n)
- piercing (ornament)
Derived terms
- lippiercing
- navelpiercing
- neuspiercing
- tepelpiercing
- wenkbrauwpiercing
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.siŋ/
Audio (file)
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings)
- a piercing
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpir.sinɡ/, /ˈpir.sin/
- Rhymes: -irsinɡ, -irsin
- Hyphenation: pìer‧cing
Noun
piercing m (invariable)
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Anagrams
- ciprigne, precingi
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpir.siŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -irsiŋk
- Syllabification: pier‧cing
Noun
piercing m inan
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | piercing |
genitive | piercingu |
dative | piercingowi |
accusative | piercing |
instrumental | piercingiem |
locative | piercingu |
vocative | piercingu |
Further reading
- piercing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- piercing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- pírcingue (European)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpiʁ.sĩ/ [ˈpih.sĩ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpiɾ.sĩ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpiʁ.sĩ/ [ˈpiχ.sĩ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpiɻ.sĩ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpiɾ.sĩɡ/
- Homophone: pírcingue (Portugal)
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings)
- piercing (hole for jewelry)
- piercing (the jewelry itself)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- pirsin
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiɾsin/ [ˈpiɾ.sĩn]
- Rhymes: -iɾsin
Noun
piercing m (plural piercings)
- piercing
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English piercing.
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A young man with piercings
Noun
piercing c
- piercing (body art)
Declension
Declension of piercing | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | piercing | piercingen | piercingar | piercingarna |
Genitive | piercings | piercingens | piercingars | piercingarnas |
Derived terms
- ansiktspiercing
- kroppspiercing
Turkish
Etymology
From English piercing.
Noun
piercing (definite accusative piercingi, plural piercingler)
- piercing
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “piercing”, in Nişanyan Sözlük