janissaire

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian giannizzaro, from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeñiçeri), from یڭی (yeni, “new”) +‎ چری (çeri, “soldier”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒa.ni.sɛʁ/ === Noun === janissaire m (plural janissaires) janissary (soldier) [from 15th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== janissariat === Further reading === “janissaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012