pírcingue

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English piercing.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʁ.sĩ.ɡi/ [ˈpih.sĩ.ɡi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾ.sĩ.ɡi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʁ.sĩ.ɡi/ [ˈpiχ.sĩ.ɡi]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɻ.sĩ.ɡi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʁ.sĩ.ɡe/ [ˈpih.sĩ.ɡe]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾ.sĩ.ɡɨ/

Homophone: piercing (Portugal)
Hyphenation: pír‧cin‧gue

Noun

pírcingue m (plural pírcingues)

(Portugal) alternative form of piercing

Further reading

“pírcingue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026