sarisse
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sarisse f (plural sarisses)
- (Ancient Greece) sarissa (long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation)
Further reading edit
- “sarisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.