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/

  • Audio (France, Brétigny-sur-Orge); [fɛt]:

    (file)

  • Audio (France, Somain); [fɛt]:

    (file)

  • Audio (France, Céret); [ˈfɛ.tə]:

    (file)

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

  • Audio (Quebec); [fɛɪ̯tʰ], [faɪ̯tʰ]:

    (file)

  • Homophones: faîtes, fête, fêtent, fêtes

Noun

faîte m (plural faîtes)

1. 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