mercenaire
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mercēnārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛʁ.sə.nɛʁ/
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Adjective
mercenaire (plural mercenaires)
Noun
mercenaire m (plural mercenaires)
- mercenary (person employed to fight)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mercenaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.