faîte
See also: faite, faîté, and Fäite
French
Etymology
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