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serge

/ˈsɜːdʒ/SURJ
/ˈsɝdʒ/SURJ

Meaningsilken material

Common meaning: sturdy twilled fabric

Journey through time

  1. Latinserica‘silken material’source
  2. Frenchserge‘the stuff called serge’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssilken material → sturdy twilled fabricserge‘sturdy twilled fabric’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin serica ‘silken material’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SERGE, p. 541 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • serica Latin “silken material”

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