"piercing" meaning in French

See piercing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɛʁ.siŋ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-piercing.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-piercing.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: piercings [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English piercing. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|en:piercing}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "pierce", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "piercing", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "piercing", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="piercing">, {{bor+|fr|en|piercing}} Borrowed from English piercing Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} piercing m (plural piercings)
  1. a piercing Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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