Meanings
earring1
earring2
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*auʀahring
- Old Englishēarhring“ear-ring”
- Middle Englisherering
- Englishearring
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans oorbel, oorring
- oorbelpiece of jewelry
- oorringpiece of jewelry
- oorkrabbetjiepiece of jewelry
- oorkrawwetjiepiece of jewelry
Ancient Greek ἐνώτιον, πλάστρον
- ἐνώτιον (enṓtion)piece of jewelry
- πλάστρον (plástron)piece of jewelry
Arabic قُرْط, حَلَق
- قُرْط (qurṭ)piece of jewelry
- حَلَق (ḥalaq)piece of jewelry
Basque belarritako
- belarritakopiece of jewelry
Bengali মাকড়ি
- মাকড়ি (makoṛi)piece of jewelry
Bulgarian обица́, обеца́
- обица́ (obicá)piece of jewelry
- обеца́ (obecá)piece of jewelry
Catalan arracada
- arracadapiece of jewelry
Chinese Cantonese 耳環 /耳环
- 耳環 /耳环piece of jewelry
Chinese Mandarin 耳環 /耳环
- 耳環 /耳环 (ěrhuán)piece of jewelry
Czech náušnice
- náušnicepiece of jewelry
Danish ørering
- øreringpiece of jewelry
Dutch oorbel, oorring
- oorbelpiece of jewelry
- oorringpiece of jewelry
Esperanto orelringo
- orelringopiece of jewelry
Estonian kõrvarõngas
- kõrvarõngaspiece of jewelry
Finnish korvakoru, korvarengas
- korvakorupiece of jewelry
- korvarengaspiece of jewelry
French boucle d'oreille
- boucle d'oreillepiece of jewelry
German Ohrring
- Ohrringpiece of jewelry
Greek σκουλαρίκι
- σκουλαρίκι (skoularíki)piece of jewelry
Hebrew עָגִיל
- עָגִיל (agíl)piece of jewelry
Hindi कान की बाली, बाली
- कान की बाली (kān kī bālī)piece of jewelry
- बाली (bālī)piece of jewelry
Hungarian fülbevaló
- fülbevalópiece of jewelry
Icelandic eyrnalokkur
- eyrnalokkurpiece of jewelry
Indonesian subang, anting-anting
- subangpiece of jewelry
- anting-antingpiece of jewelry
Irish fáinne cluaise
- fáinne cluaisepiece of jewelry
Italian orecchino
- orecchinopiece of jewelry
Japanese イヤリング, 耳飾り
- イヤリング (iyaringu)piece of jewelry
- 耳飾り (mimikazari)piece of jewelry
Korean 귀고리, 이어링
- 귀고리 (gwigori)piece of jewelry
- 이어링 (ieoring)piece of jewelry
Latin inauris
- inaurispiece of jewelry
Latvian auskars
- auskarspiece of jewelry
Lithuanian auskaras
- auskaraspiece of jewelry
Malay anting-anting, subang
- anting-antingpiece of jewelry
- subangpiece of jewelry
Māori whakakai, iaringi
- whakakaipiece of jewelry
- iaringipiece of jewelry
Norwegian Bokmål øredobb, øredobbe
- øredobbpiece of jewelry
- øredobbepiece of jewelry
Polish kolczyk
- kolczykpiece of jewelry
Portuguese brinco
- brincopiece of jewelry
Romanian cercel
- cercelpiece of jewelry
Russian серьга́, серёжка
- серьга́ (serʹgá)piece of jewelry
- серёжка (serjóžka)piece of jewelry
Scottish Gaelic fàinne-chluaise
- fàinne-chluaisepiece of jewelry
Slovak náušnica
- náušnicapiece of jewelry
Spanish arete, arito
- aretepiece of jewelry
- aritopiece of jewelry
- aropiece of jewelry
- caravanapiece of jewelry
- chapapiece of jewelry
- pantallapiece of jewelry
- pendientepiece of jewelry
- zarcillopiece of jewelry
Swahili hereni, kipuli
- herenipiece of jewelry
- kipulipiece of jewelry
- balipiece of jewelry
Swedish örhänge
- örhängepiece of jewelry
Tagalog arilyos, hikaw
- arilyospiece of jewelry
- hikawpiece of jewelry
Tamil தோடு
- தோடு (tōṭu)piece of jewelry
Thai ต่างหู, ตุ้มหู
- ต่างหู (dtàang-hǔu)piece of jewelry
- ตุ้มหู (dtûm-hǔu)piece of jewelry
Turkish küpe
- küpepiece of jewelry
Ukrainian серга́, сере́жка
- серга́ (serhá)piece of jewelry
- сере́жка (seréžka)piece of jewelry
- ку́льчик (kúlʹčyk)piece of jewelry
Urdu بالی, جُھمْکا
- بالی (bālī)piece of jewelry
- جُھمْکا (jhumkā)piece of jewelry
- کان کی بالی (kān kī bālī)piece of jewelry
Vietnamese khuyên tai, khuyên
- khuyên taipiece of jewelry
- khuyênpiece of jewelry
- hoa taipiece of jewelry
- bông taipiece of jewelry
Welsh clustlws
- clustlwspiece of jewelry
Yiddish וירינגל
- וירינגל (oyringl)piece of jewelry
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with earring
hearingappearingsteeringclearingtearingfearinggearingcheeringpeeringendearingsearingsmearingveeringearingspearingjeeringpivot gearing
All rhymes →Sounds the same
airing (cheer–chair merger)airing (cheer–chair merger)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
earring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earring
MLA
“earring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earring.
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