piercing
A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through itA hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
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» It's a type of body piercing.
Es ist eine Art von Piercing. — jort93
Это вид пирсинга. — Selena777
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
ear piercing
(countable, uncountable)An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (noun sense 2).
Piercing
пи́рсингpírsing, прока́лываниеprokályvanije
Examples
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Origin
From pierce + -ing.From pierce + -ing.
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Forms
plural: piercingsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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