sarrasin

See also: Sarrasin

English

Alternative forms

• sarasin

Noun

sarrasin (plural sarrasins)

1. (obsolete) A portcullis.

Anagrams

• rasiRNAs, rasirnas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʁa.zɛ̃/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin Saracēnī (plural), from Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνοί (Sarakēnoí), most likely from Arabic.

Adjective

sarrasin (feminine sarrasine, masculine plural sarrasins, feminine plural sarrasines)

1. Saracen

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of blé sarrasin.

Noun

sarrasin m (plural sarrasins)

1. buckwheat

   Synonym: blé noir

Further reading

• “sarrasin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.