flèche
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flèche
- /flɛʃ/
- /fleɪʃ/
Rhymes with -ɛʃ, -eɪʃ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French flèche. Compare fletch.
noun flèches
- An arrow.
- Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.
verb flèches · flèching · flèched
- To attack using the flèche method.
Talk about this word "flèche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fl%C3%A8che. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flèche. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fl%C3%A8che "flèche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fl%C3%A8che.Cite this
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title = {flèche},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fl%C3%A8che},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
