different between serge vs serger

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?d?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?

Etymology 1

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

Noun

serge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)

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

Related terms

• denim

Translations

Verb

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

1. (sewing) To overlock.

Etymology 2

From French cierge.

Noun

serge (plural serges)

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

Anagrams

• Geers, Geres, Seger, egers, egres, geers, grees

French

Alternative forms

• sarge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French sarge, from Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin s?rica, ultimately from the Ancient Greek ??????? (s?rikós, “silken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???/

Noun

serge f (plural serges)

1. twill, serge

Descendants

• ? English: serge

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French cerche (“search”).

Noun

serge

1. Alternative form of serche (“search”)

Etymology 2

From Old French cerche (“edge, margin”).

Noun

serge

1. Alternative form of serche (“cut rock”)

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman sercher.

Verb

serge

1. Alternative form of serchen (“to search”)

Etymology 4

From Old French cierge, cerge, cirge, from Latin cereus (“waxy”).

Alternative forms

• cerge, serje, sherge, cirge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?rd?(?)/, /?sird?(?)/

Noun

serge (plural serges)

1. cierge (candle used in ceremony)

Descendants

• English: cierge
• Scots: serge, sarge (obsolete)

References

• “cer?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

From serge +? -er.

Noun

serger (plural sergers)

1. (sewing) A type of sewing machine designed to produce an overlock stitch and to cut the fabric as it stitches.
   • 2008, Shannon Okey, The Pillow Book: Over 25 Simple-to-Sew Patterns for Every Room and Every Mood, page 31,

     If using a serger instead of a sewing machine, remember to eliminate or otherwise take into account the seam allowances given to each pattern, or you may end up with a larger pillow than expected. […] Sergers, which create a series of overlapping stitches on the actual edge of the fabric, cutting away the excess, do not require seam allowances.

   • 2008, Madlyn Easley, Quick and Easy Window Treatments: 15 Easy-Sew Projects that Build Skills, Too, page 20,

     If you have a serger, you can use it to finish fabric edges so they don't ravel, but the zigzag stitch on your regular machine works well, too.

   • 2010, Cait London, Instinctive Male, page 158,

     With that, Mikhail sat down to place spools of thread on the serger, studying the directions and clearly dismissing her.

Synonyms

• (type of sewing machine): overlock machine

Related terms

• serge

Anagrams

• Greers, Regers