faîte

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

faîte

feste in Old French, derived from a Germanic root first ('roof, ridge') from which first in modern German. (16th century) remodeling, in the Renaissance, into faîte by metanalysis with reference to the Latin fastigium of the same meaning.

Definitions

Plural

faîtes

Anagram

fêtai

Translations

  • germangerman:Wipfel
  • englishenglish:height
  • danishdanish:top
  • spanishspanish:cima
  • greekgreek:αιχμή
  • italianitalian:cima
  • dutchdutch:nok
  • portugueseportuguese:vértice
  • russianrussian:вершина

See also

enfaîter (v.) renfaîter (v.) faitier (adj.) enfaitement (cn.) faitière (cn.) faitière (adj.) renfaîtage (cn.)