earring

A2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /ˈɪɹɪŋ/ UK /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #11408

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noun
A piece of jewellery that you wear on your ear.

She wore a pair of gold earrings to the party.

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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”).

*h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European erering Middle English ēarhring Old English *auʀahring Proto-West Germanic

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# earring

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪɹɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 11408

## Meanings
1. A piece of jewellery that you wear on your ear.

## Examples
- She wore a pair of gold earrings to the party.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ew-
- Root: erering
- Root: ēarhring
- Root: *auʀahring

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Earring comes 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”). In current use, the main sense is “A piece of jewellery that you wear on your ear”.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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