piercing
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ
- Hyphenation: piercing
Verb edit
piercing
- present participle and gerund of pierce
Noun edit
piercing (countable and uncountable, plural piercings)
- 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).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: pírcing
- → French: piercing
- → German: Piercing
- → Portuguese: piercing, pírcingue
- → Spanish: pirsin
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Adjective edit
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, translated by H.L. Brækstad, 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.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piercing m (plural piercings, diminutive piercinkje n)
- piercing (ornament)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English piercing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piercing m (plural piercings)
- a piercing
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piercing m (invariable)
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piercing m inan
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | piercing |
genitive | piercingu |
dative | piercingowi |
accusative | piercing |
instrumental | piercingiem |
locative | piercingu |
vocative | piercingu |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piercing m (plural piercings)
- piercing (hole for jewelry)
- piercing (the jewelry itself)
- 1999 March, Zeca Baleiro (lyrics and music), “Piercing” (0:19 from the start), in Vô Imbolá ft. Faces do Subúrbio, Rio de Janeiro: MZA Music:
- Tire o seu piercing do caminho / Que eu quero passar / Quero passar, com a minha dor
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- 2002, “Documento Trololó – Sadomasoquistas”, in Hermes e Renato[1], spoken by Josue (Marco Antônio Alves), São Paulo, via MTV Brasil:
- Eu comecei com um piercingzinho na orelha, né, que na época não era nem piercing, era brinco na orelha. E aí aderi à moda, cara, virou não só moda mas um prazer, né, que a dor do piercing me proporcionava. Hoje em dia eu tenho piercing pelo corpo inteiro, eu sou viciado em piercing. Eu posso te dizer que eu sou viciado em piercing.
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Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
piercing m (plural piercings)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English piercing.
Noun edit
piercing c
- piercing (body art)
Declension edit
Declension of piercing | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | piercing | piercingen | piercingar | piercingarna |
Genitive | piercings | piercingens | piercingars | piercingarnas |
Derived terms edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
piercing (definite accusative piercingi, plural piercingler)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “piercing”, in Nişanyan Sözlük