serge

See also: Serge and sergé

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French serge, replacing an older borrowing from Middle French sarge, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silk garments”).

Noun

serge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)

  1. (textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
    • 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.
  2. (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
Translations

Verb

serge (third-person singular simple present serges, present participle serging, simple past and past participle serged)

  1. (sewing) To overlock.

Etymology 2

French cierge.

Noun

serge (plural serges)

  1. A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica, ultimately from the Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērikós, “silken”).

Noun

serge f (plural serges)

  1. twill, serge

Descendants

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