noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/səˈɹɒŋ/
General-American:/səˈɹɔŋ/
cot-caught-merger:/səˈɹɑŋ/
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rhymes with -ɒŋ
CMU ARPABET:S ER0 AO1 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in South and Southeast Asia, also in the Pacific islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skirt
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay sarung.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Arabic:
صَارُون
(ṣārūn)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Balinese:
sarung
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Burmese:
ထဘီ
(hta.bhi)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Chinese Mandarin:
紗籠 /纱笼
(shālóng)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Esperanto:
sarongjupo
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Estonian:
sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Finnish:
sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Finnish:
saronki
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
French:
sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
French:
pagne
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
German:
Sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Hindi:
सारोंग
(sāroṅg)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Indonesian:
sarung
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Japanese:
サロン
(saron)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Javanese:
ꦱꦫꦸꦁ
(sarung)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Korean:
사롱
(sarong)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Malay:
sarung
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Norwegian:
sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Portuguese:
sarongue
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Russian:
саро́нг
(saróng)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Russian:
сару́нг
(sarúng)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Sinhalese:
සරම
(sarama)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Spanish:
sarong
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Spanish:
pareo
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Sundanese:
sarung
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Tamil:
சாரம்
(cāram)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Thai:
โสร่ง
(sà-ròong)
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
Vietnamese:
xà rông
— garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist
