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serge¹

  • /sɜːd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /sɝd͡ʒ/ US

Sounds like surge · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Where it comes from

From 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 serges

  1. countable, uncountable A type of worsted cloth. 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.
  2. countable, metonymically, uncountable A garment made of this fabric.

verb serges · serging · serged

  1. To overlock.

serge²

  • /sɜːd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /sɝd͡ʒ/ US

Sounds like surge · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Where it comes from

From Middle English cerge, from Old French ci(e)rge, cerge & chierge.

noun serges

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: coat, tunic, suiting, robe, dress, damn, sergey, sergei, christophe, sergi, sergio, sergette, kersey, silk serge, burel, orleans

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noun type of cloth

中文嗶嘰 /哔叽 bìjī
Portuguêssarja
Русскийса́ржа sárža

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@misc{serge_2026,
  title = {serge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/serge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}