sarisse
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsarisse 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.