serge
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɜːd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /sɝd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
Noun
editserge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)
- (textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 110:
- Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
- What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other.
- (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
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editVerb
editserge (third-person singular simple present serges, present participle serging, simple past and past participle serged)
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English cerge, from Old French ci(e)rge, cerge & chierge.
Noun
editserge (plural serges)
- A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
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editFrench
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French sarge, from Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica, ultimately from the Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērikós, “silken”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editserge f (plural serges)
Descendants
edit- → English: serge
Further reading
edit- “serge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old French cierge, cerge, cirge, from Latin cereus (“waxy”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editserge (plural serges)
- cierge (candle used in ceremony)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “cerǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editserge
- Alternative form of serche (“search”)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editserge
- Alternative form of serche (“cut rock”)
Etymology 4
editVerb
editserge
- Alternative form of serchen (“to search”)
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