sarong

English

WOTD – 23 August 2010    

Wikipedia

Sri Lankan man wearing a sarong.

Etymology

From Malay sarung.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /səˈɹɒŋ/
• (US) IPA: /səˈɹɑŋ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

sarong (plural sarongs)

1. A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and the Pacific islands.

Synonyms

• (garment): lungi

Translations

garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紗籠 (cmn), 纱笼 (cmn) (shālóng)

• Esperanto: sarongjupo (eo)
• Estonian: sarong (et)
• Finnish: sarong (fi)

• French: sarong (fr) m, pagne (fr) m
• German: Sarong (de) m
• Malay: sarung (ms)
• Norwegian: sarong (no) m
• Russian: саронг (ru) (sarong) m, сарунг (ru) (sarung) m
• Spanish: sarong (es) m, pareo (es) m

Anagrams

• groans, organs, Sargon

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French

Etymology

From Malay sarung.

Noun

sarong m (plural sarongs)

1. sarong

Anagrams

• garons, rognas