different between sperge vs serge

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??(?)d?/

Noun

sperge (plural sperges)

1. (distilling) A charge of wash for the still.

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Anagrams

• repegs

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rd?e

Verb

sperge

1. third-person singular present indicative of spergere

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.