janissaire
French, noun/ʒa.ni.sɛʁ/
janissaire is spelled J-A-N-I-S-S-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Janissaire is a French masculine noun meaning “janissary (soldier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat d’élite de l’infanterie turque, qui servait à la garde du sultan”.
What does janissaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejanissary (soldier)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat d’élite de l’infanterie turque, qui servait à la garde du sultan.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of janissaire
- janissaires plural
- jannissaire alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce janissaire?
- /ʒa.ni.sɛʁ/
- \ʒa.ni.sɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to janissaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is janissaire in French?
janissaire appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).