faîte

See also: faite, faîté, and Fäite

French

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛt/
- Homophones: fait, faite, faites, faîtes, faits, fête, fêtent, fêtes
- Rhymes: -ɛt
IPA^(key): /fɛːt/ (older; now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
- Audio (Quebec) (file)
- Homophones: faîtes, fête, fêtent, fêtes

Noun

faîte m (plural faîtes)

top, summit, pinnacle

Derived terms

faîtage

Further reading

“faîte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

fêtai

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