"faîte" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fɛt/, /fɛːt/ Audio: Qc-faîte.ogg [Quebec] Forms: faîtes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Inherited from Old French feste, from Frankish *first, from Proto-Germanic *firstiz. Compare Dutch vorst, German First, Old English first. The spelling was influenced by Latin fastīgium. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|feste|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French feste, {{inh+|fr|fro|feste}} Inherited from Old French feste, {{der|fr|frk|*first}} Frankish *first, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*firstiz}} Proto-Germanic *firstiz, {{cog|nl|vorst}} Dutch vorst, {{cog|de|First}} German First, {{cog|ang|first}} Old English first, {{noncog|la|fastīgium}} Latin fastīgium Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} faîte m (plural faîtes)
  1. top, summit, pinnacle Tags: masculine Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: faîtage
    Sense id: en-faîte-fr-noun-7601~RLK Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for faîte meaning in French (2.7kB)

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