flèche faîtière

noun

A type of decorated spear used by the Kanak to adorn their rooftops.

Meanings

nounflèche faîtière (plural flèches faîtières)

plural flèches faîtières · alternative fleche faitiere

  1. A type of decorated spear used by the Kanak to adorn their rooftops.

Origin

  1. Frenchflèche faîtière
  2. Englishflèche faîtière

From French flèche faîtière.

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APA

flèche faîtière. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fl%C3%A8che%20fa%C3%AEti%C3%A8re

MLA

“flèche faîtière.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fl%C3%A8che%20fa%C3%AEti%C3%A8re. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flèche faîtière,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fl%C3%A8che%20fa%C3%AEti%C3%A8re.

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