fleche
/flɛʃ/noun, verb
fleche is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of flèche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-C-H-E, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fleche is flèches or fleches.
What does fleche mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of flèche.
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn arrow.
- 2
Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- 3
A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- 4
An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- 5
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
- 1
To attack using the flèche method.
verb
- 1
Alternative spelling of flèche.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fleche?
- /flɛʃ/
- /fleɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flèche.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flèche2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleche
- flèches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flèching participle, present
- flèched participle, past
- fleches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fleching participle, present
- fleched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fleche?
Fleche appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fleche come from?
Borrowed from French flèche. Compare fletch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).