serge

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

To overlock.

Sinonieme

twill

caddis

wool serge

Vertalings

Serge

serge

saia

sarga

serge

sarja

şayak

sargia

sarja

Sarja

serj

سيرج

yünlü kumaş

sich mitbewerben

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɜːd͡ʒ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sarge

Geërf van Middle English: cerge

In summary

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.