Earring

Definition: Earring

Earring

Noun

1. Jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe.

Date "earring" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Jewelry	Necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, pendant, charm bracelet; ring, pinky ring; carcanet; chain, chatelaine; broach, pin, lapel pin, torque.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

An earring is an ornament that is worn in the ear. Earrings are often made out of metal but can also be made out of bone or similar hard material. The earring is inserted into the ear through a piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear, except in the case of a clip earring, which clips onto the lobe. Earrings are worn by both sexes, although they are generally more commonly worn by women.

Earring components can be made out of any number of materials, including metal, glass, precious stones and beads. Earring designs can range from small loops or studs to large plates or dangling items. Earring size is generally limited by the physical capacity of the earlobe to hold the earring without tearing, however.

Earrings are worn around the world in most cultures, both currently and historically.

Crosswords: Earring

English words defined with "earring": drop earring ♦ eardrop, Earlet ♦ pendant, pendant earring ♦ Rosedrop ♦ teardrop. (references)

Specialty definitions using "earring": EARRING MAKER. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, I'm keeping this earring and you can't stop me! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Movie/TV Titles	Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Song Titles	Radar Love (performing artist: Golden Earring) Twilight Zone (performing artist: Golden Earring)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Classic Earring Designs (reference) Delightful Beaded Earring Designs (reference) Earring Designs by Sig, Book I (reference) Sun Is a Golden Earring (reference) The Missing Earring (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Earring" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Earring" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	58	44,427

Expressions using "earring": drop earring ♦ pendant earring ♦ stud earring. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "earring": earring-maker.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "earring"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Blackfoot		ohtookipis. (various references)

Bulgarian		обица (lappet, pendant, wattle). (various references)

Chinese		耳环 (Earrings). (various references)

Cornish		skynen. (various references)

Czech		náušnice (eardrop). (various references)

Danish		ørering. (various references)

Dutch		oorring (ear-ring). (various references)

Esperanto		orelringo, orelpendaĵo (ear-drop). (various references)

Farsi		گوشواره (Eardrop), حلقه (Chain, Curl, Gird, Girdle, Hank, Hoop, Loop, Ran, Ring, Segment, Vortex, Whorl, Wicket, Wisp), اویز (Lobe). (various references)

French		boucle. (various references)

Frisian		earbel. (various references)

German		ohrring (ear ring, ear-ring, earrings). (various references)

Greek		σκουλαρίκι (ear-ring). (various references)

Hebrew		ע�'יל, � זם (nose ring, shackle). (various references)

Hungarian		fülbevaló (eardrop, pendant). (various references)

Indonesian		anting-anting (drongo bird), anting (locket, pendant, pendulum of clock). (various references)

Italian		orecchino (ear ring, ear-ring). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		耳輪 (helix), 耳�'� (helix), イメージ調査 (99.999999999 percent., bad bounce, bad hop, ear protector, ear valve, earmark, earphone, eleven, eleven nines, eraser, eruption, Ile de France, illegal, Illinois, illumination, illumination control, illusion, illustrated map, illustration, illustrator, image change, image survey, in, include, income, income gain, income tax, increment, incremental, incremental business, incubate, incubation, incubator, ink, inn, Iran, Iraq, iridium, irony, Iroquois, irrational, irregular, irregular bound, yearbook, year-round fashion). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		イヤリング , みみわ (helix). (various references)

Korean		귀걸이 (Earrings). (various references)

Manx		fainey chleayshey. (various references)

Norwegian		dobb. (various references)

Papago		nahagio (mouse). (various references)

Papiamen		renchi di oreya, renchi di orea, renchi di horeya. (various references)

Pig Latin		earringay.(various references)

Portuguese		brinco (drop, ear-ring, ears, fun, pendant, pendent, play, span, toy). (various references)

Romansch		ureglin. (various references)

Romany		chenì. (various references)

Russian		серьга (connecting-link, drop, eardrop, earphones rings, ear-ring, link, pendant, shackle). (various references)

Sepedi		lengina. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		naušnice (earflaps), minđuša. (various references)

Shona		mhete. (various references)

Spanish		pendiente (abruptness, acclivity, bank, Bob, Catkin, chimb hoop, clevis, declivity of hill, descent, dip, drop, ear-drop, ear-ring, grade, gradient, gradient of slope, hanging, hanging wall, held over, in abeyance, inclination, incline, outstanding, pendant, pendent, pending, pitch, pitched roof area, plunge, rake, roof, slope, strike, unsettled, upgrade). (various references)

Swazi		lí-cicí. (various references)

Swedish		örring, örhänge (drop, eardrop, ear-drop, girandole, hit, pendant). (various references)

Thai		ตุ้มหู (eardrop). (various references)

Turkish		küpe, küe. (various references)

Ukranian		сережка (aglet, aiglet, ament, drop, wattle). (various references)

Welsh		clustlws. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	tribacca. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 12
Latin	405	Vulgate	Inauris aurea et margaritum fulgens qui arguit sapientem et aurem oboedientem
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	A goldene erering, and a margarite shynende, that vndernemeth a wis man, and an ere obedient.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 12
Bulgarian	Както е обица и украшение от чисто злато за човек , Така е мъдрият изобличител за внимателното ухо.
Cebuano	Maingon sa usa ka ariyos nga bulawan, ug sa usa ka dayandayan sa fino nga bulawan, Ingon man ang usa ka manggialamon nga magbabadlong ibabaw sa usa ka masinugtanon nga igdulungog.
Chinese	智慧人的勸 �' 、在 � � 從的人耳中、好像金耳 �'� 、 �'� 精金的妝飾。
Croatian	Mudrac koji kori uhu je poslušnu zlatan prsten i ogrlica od tanka zlata.
Danish	En Guldring, et gyldent Smykke er revsende Vismand for lyttende Øre.
Dutch	Een wijs bestraffer bij een horend oor, is een gouden oorsiersel, en een halssieraad van het fijnste goud.
Finnish	Kultainen korvarengas ja hienokultainen kaulakoru ovat viisas neuvoja ynnä kuuleva korva.
French	Comme un anneau d`or et une parure d`or fin, Ainsi pour une oreille docile est le sage qui réprimande.
German	Wer einem Weisen gehorcht, der ihn straft, das ist wie ein goldenes Stirnband und goldenes Halsband.
Haitian Creole	Lè yon moun ki gen bon konprann rale zòrèy moun ki gen tande, se tankou zanno ak kolye ki fèt ak bon lò ou mete sou ou.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Teguran orang arif kepada orang yang mau mendengarnya, seperti cincin emas atau perhiasan kencana.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Seperti anting-anting keemasan berpatutan dengan kalung yang dari pada emas sepuluh matu, demikianpun telinga yang suka mendengar itu berpatutan dengan penegur yang berbudi.
Italian	Come anello d'oro e collana d'oro fino è un saggio che ammonisce un orecchio attento.
Korean	슬 기 로 운 자 의 책 망 은 청 종 하 �" 귀 에 금 � 리 와 � � 금 장 식 이 니 라
Maori	He pera i te whakakai koura, i te whakapaipai koura parakore koia ano te ako a te whakaaro nui ki te taringa rongo.
Modern Greek	Ως ενωτιον χρυσουν και στολιδιον καθαρου χρυσιου, ειναι ο σοφος ο ελεγχων ωτιον υπηκοον.
Norwegian	Som en ring av gull, som et smykke av fint gull er en vismann som taler refsende ord for et hørende øre.
Portuguese	Como pendentes de ouro e gargantilhas de ouro puro, assim é o sábio repreensor para o ouvido obediente.
Rumanian	Ca o verigq de aur wi o podoabq de aur curat, awa este knyeleptul care mustrq, pentru o ureche ascultqtoare. -
Russian	ъПМПФБС УЕТШЗБ Й ХЛТБЫЕОЙЕ ЙЪ ЮЙУФПЗП ЪПМПФБ--НХ�"ТЩК П�'МЙЮЙФЕМШ �"МС ЧОЙНБФЕМШОПЗП ХИБ.
Spanish	Como zarcillo de oro y joya de oro fino es el que reprende al sabio que tiene oído dócil.
Swedish	Såsom en gyllene örring passar till ett bröstspänne av fint guld, så passar en vis bestraffare till ett hörsamt öra.
Thai	คนตักเตือนที่ฉลา�"กับหูที่เชื่อฟังก็เหมือนแหวนทองคำหรืออา� ร�"์ทองคำเนื้อ�"ี
Ukrainian	Золотая сережка й оздоба зо щирого золота це мудрий картач для уважного уха.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "earring": earrings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Earring" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: earing, earling, earragh, eirian, Eirig, eiring, eyring, karring. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "earring" (pronounced i"ring or ē"ring)
4	i" r i ng	adhering, appearing, bioengineering, cheering, clearing, disappearing, domineering, electioneering, engineering, fearing, gearing, hearing, interfering, nearing, overhearing, pioneering, premiering, profiteering, racketeering, rearing, reengineering, rehearing, searing, shearing, smearing, sneering, Spearing, steering, veering, volunteering.
3	-r i ng	acquiring, admiring, adoring, airing, alluring, aspiring, assuring, baring, barring, bearing, blaring, boring, caring, chairing, charring, childbearing, comparing, conspiring, curing, daring, declaring, deploring, despairing, during, endearing, enduring, ensuring, expiring, exploring, firing, flaring, flooring, glaring, Goring, haring, herring, hiring, ignoring, impairing, imploring, inspiring, insuring, jarring, jeering, luring, marring, maturing, ministering, mooring, obscuring, outpouring, overbearing, overpowering, pairing, paring, peering, perspiring, poring, pouring, preparing, procuring, quiring, reassuring, rehiring, repairing, restoring, retiring, roaring, scaring, scarring, scoring, securing, sharing, shoring, snaring, snoring, soaring, sparing, sparring, squaring, staring, starring, stevedoring, storing, swearing, tarring, tearing, tiring, touring, uncaring, underscoring, uninspiring, unsparing, Waring, warring, wearing, wiring.
4	ē" r i ng	endearing, jeering, peering.
3	-r i ng	acquiring, adhering, admiring, adoring, airing, alluring, appearing, aspiring, assuring, baring, barring, bearing, bioengineering, blaring, boring, caring, chairing, charring, cheering, childbearing, clearing, comparing, conspiring, curing, daring, declaring, deploring, despairing, disappearing, domineering, during, electioneering, enduring, engineering, ensuring, expiring, exploring, fearing, firing, flaring, flooring, gearing, glaring, Goring, haring, hearing, herring, hiring, ignoring, impairing, imploring, inspiring, insuring, interfering, jarring, luring, marring, maturing, ministering, mooring, nearing, obscuring, outpouring, overbearing, overhearing, overpowering, pairing, paring, perspiring, pioneering, poring, pouring, premiering, preparing, procuring, profiteering, quiring, racketeering, rearing, reassuring, reengineering, rehearing, rehiring, repairing, restoring, retiring, roaring, scaring, scarring, scoring, searing, securing, sharing, shearing, shoring, smearing, snaring, sneering, snoring, soaring, sparing, sparring, Spearing, squaring, staring, starring, steering, stevedoring, storing, swearing, tarring, tearing, tiring, touring, uncaring, underscoring, uninspiring, unsparing, veering, volunteering, Waring, warring, wearing, wiring.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: angrier, grainer, rangier, rearing.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-r"
	-1 letter: earing, erring, gainer, garner, ranger, raring, reagin, regain, regina, ringer.
	-2 letters: airer, anger, garni, gnarr, grain, range, regna, reign, renig, reran, rerig.
	-3 letters: ager, agin, airn, earn, gaen, gain, gane, gear, gien, girn, gnar, gran, grin, near, rage, ragi, rain, rang, rani, rare, rear, rein, ring.
	-4 letters: age, ain, air, ane, ani, are, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, err, gae, gan, gar, gen, gie, gin, ire, nae, nag, rag, ran, reg, rei, ria, rig, rin.
	-5 letters: ae, ag, ai, an, ar, en, er, in, na, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-r-r"
	+1 letter: averring, earrings, gnarlier, grainers, grainier, orangier, rearming, regainer.
	+2 letters: arraigned, arresting, barbering, bargainer, barreling, bartering, careering, cratering, debarring, embarring, garnering, garniture, gartering, granaries, grandsire, gregarine, grenadier, harbinger, margarine, orangerie, organiser, organizer, prearming, preparing, rarefying, rearguing, recrating, redrawing, reearning, reframing, regainers, regarding, regearing, regrading, regrating, rehearing, remarking, repairing, reparking, reracking, reraising, rereading, retarding, retearing, retracing, rewarding, rewarming, serrating, terracing, uprearing.
	+3 letters: adrenergic, antimerger, bargainers, barrelling, charminger, chartering, corrigenda, denigrator, disarrange, earmarking, forbearing, forearming, garnierite, garnitures, garrisoned, generatrix, grandsires, grangerism, gregarines, grenadiers, harbingers, integrator, intergrade, intergraft, interorgan, interregna, malingerer, margarines, margravine, orangeries, organisers, organizers, overdaring, overrating, partnering, perorating, prehearing, prewarming, prewarning, quarreling, quartering, readorning, realtering, rearousing, reassuring, reboarding, recarrying, recharging, recharting, recreating, redarguing, redrafting, redreaming, refracting, refraining, registrant, regrafting, regranting, rehearings, rehearsing, relearning, remarrying, renaturing, reorganize, repapering, rephrasing, rereadings, respraying, restarting, retracking, retracting, retraining, retreading, retreating, rewrapping, ringbarked, ringleader, ringmaster, scarpering, trailering, traversing, treasuring, triggerman, wharfinger.
	+4 letters: aerobraking, aggrandizer, arraignment, arrestingly, carbureting, carrageenin, cerebrating, correlating, denigrators, denigratory, disarranged, disarranges, enrapturing, ferrimagnet, fingerboard, forewarning, forswearing, fragrancies, garnierites, gendarmerie, generalizer, gingerbread, glengarries, gormandizer, grangerisms, graniteware, greenmailer, handwringer, harbingered, heartstring, impregnator, integrators, intergraded, intergrades, intergrafts, interrobang, interrogate, malingerers, margravines, menorrhagia, mercurating, merrymaking, misaverring, overarching, overbearing, overdrawing, overfearing, overgrazing, overhearing, overtrading, overwarming, overwearing, peregrinate, perforating, preaverring, preclearing, precreasing, prefranking, prehearings, pretraining, pretreating, prewrapping, procreating, quarrelling, quarterings, reabsorbing, reacquiring, reaffirming, reappearing, reapproving, rearranging, rearresting, reasserting, reassorting, rebranching, recapturing, recarpeting, reembarking, reengraving, refrangible, refrigerant, regathering, registrants, rehammering, rehardening, rehydrating, reintegrate, reiterating, remarketing, remastering, remeasuring, remigration, renographic, reoperating, reordaining, reorganized, reorganizer, reorganizes, reproaching, reprobating, reradiating, rereleasing, rerepeating, researching, respreading, restraining, resurfacing, retailoring, retargeting, rethreading, retroacting, rewardingly, ringleaders, ringmasters, ringstraked, springwater, strangering, stranguries, trailerings, transfigure, underrating, unirrigated, unrewarding, wharfingers, wiredrawing.
	+5 letters: aggrandizers, arraignments, carburetting, carpentering, carrageenins, charactering, copartnering, deprograming, disregarding, embarrassing, ferrimagnets, fingerboards, forereaching, foreswearing, forgathering, fraternizing, gendarmeries, generalizers, generatrices, geriatrician, gingerbreads, gingerbready, gormandizers, grandiflorae, granitewares, granodiorite, greenmailers, hairdressing, handwringers, harbingering, heartburning, heartrending, heartstrings, heartwarming, hemorrhaging, iconographer, impregnators, interchanger, intergrading, intergrafted, interlarding, interrobangs, interrogated, interrogatee, interrogates, interrogator, kindergarten, loganberries, mastersinger, menorrhagias, merrymakings, micromanager, nonirrigated, overcharging, overclearing, overcramming, overfavoring, overlaboring, overlearning, overorganize, overpraising, overreaching, overreacting, overtraining, overtreating, overwatering, peregrinated, peregrinates, perpetrating, preapproving, prearranging, preinaugural, premarketing, premeasuring, premigration, preordaining, privateering, proofreading, racketeering, readdressing, reappraising, reassuringly, rechartering, recuperating, redecorating, redintegrate, reformatting, refrigerants, regeneracies, regenerating, regeneration, regenerative, registration, regularizing, reintegrated, reintegrates, reinvigorate, relacquering, remaindering, remigrations, remortgaging, remunerating, renographies, reorganizers, reorganizing, repatriating, repatterning, replastering, repolarizing, reprimanding, reprograming, repurchasing, reregulating, reregulation, retrograding, revalorizing, springwaters, straightener, superorganic, terraforming, trademarking, transferring, transfigured, transfigures, transmigrate, warmongering, watermarking.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 61 72 72 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

. .- .-. .-. .. -. --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01100001 01110010 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0061 0072 0072 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
earring	1,791
diamond earring	856
diamond stud earring	277
chandelier earring	203
pearl earring	199
gold earring	183
golden earring	183
earring for man	169
clip earring	150
silver earring	142
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Earring

Definition: Earring

Earring

Noun

Synonyms within Context: Earring

Jewelry

Specialty Definition: Earring

Crosswords: Earring

Modern Usage: Earring

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Usage Frequency: Earring

Expressions: Earring

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Earring

earring

diamond earring

diamond stud earring

chandelier earring

pearl earring

gold earring

golden earring

earring for man

clip earring

silver earring

Modern Translations: Earring

Blackfoot

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Japanese Kanji

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Korean

Manx

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Papago

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Russian

Sepedi

Serbo-Croatian

Shona

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Swazi

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Ancestral Language Translations: Earring

Bible Trace: Earring

Matched Bible Translations: Earring

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