sarisse
French, noun/sa.ʁis/
sarisse is a French feminine noun meaning “sarissa (long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Longue lance, de plus de trois mètres, dont étaient armés les soldats de la phalange macédonienne”.
What does sarisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesarissa (long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Longue lance, de plus de trois mètres, dont étaient armés les soldats de la phalange macédonienne.
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 sarisse
- sarisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sarisse?
- /sa.ʁis/
- \sa.ʁis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sarisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.