earring

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

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
• Hyphenation: ear‧ring

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”).

earring (plural earrings)

1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

• earing

earring (uncountable)

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

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

From ear +‎ ring.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯rɪŋ/

earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje)

1. earring

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