piercing
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪɹsɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)sɪŋ
- Hyphenation: piercing
VerbEdit
piercing
NounEdit
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).
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: pírcing
- → French: piercing
- → German: Piercing
- → Portuguese: piercing, pírcingue
- → Spanish: pirsin
TranslationsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English piercing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piercing m (plural piercings, diminutive piercinkje n)
- piercing (ornament)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English piercing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piercing m (plural piercings)
- a piercing
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piercing m (invariable)
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
AnagramsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English piercing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piercing m inan
- piercing (jewellery worn through a hole in the skin or tongue)
DeclensionEdit
singular | |
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nominative | piercing |
genitive | piercingu |
dative | piercingowi |
accusative | piercing |
instrumental | piercingiem |
locative | piercingu |
vocative | piercingu |
Further readingEdit
- piercing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- piercing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piercing m (plural piercings)
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piercing m (plural piercings)
Usage notesEdit
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.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English piercing.
A young man with piercings
NounEdit
piercing c
- piercing (body art)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of piercing | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | piercing | piercingen | piercingar | piercingarna |
Genitive | piercings | piercingens | piercingars | piercingarnas |
Derived termsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
piercing (definite accusative piercingi, plural piercingler)
ReferencesEdit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “piercing”, in Nişanyan Sözlük