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cierge

/sɪə̯dʒ/ UK
/sɪˈɛə̯ʒ/ UK
/sɪɹd͡ʒ/ US
/siˈɛɹʒ/ US

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)dʒ, -ɛə(ɹ)ʒ, -ɛə(ɹ)dʒ

Where it comes from

From earlier cerge, from Middle English serge, cerge, from Old French cierge, cerge from Latin cereus (“waxy”), from cera (“wax”). The current pronunciation is learnedly taken from modern French cierge (with varying degrees of nativisation).

noun cierges

A wax candle used in religious rites. The fire was lighted in the drawing-room, and in the soft obscurity Toppie with her high golden head looked like a tall white lighted cierge; a Christmas cierge in a votive chapel of a great cathedral; for though so sweet, so almost gay, the background to Toppie's gaiety was something dedicated and

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"cierge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cierge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cierge_2026,
  title = {cierge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cierge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}