faitier
French, adjective
faitier is spelled F-A-I-T-I-E-R (7 letters). Faitier is a French adjective meaning “post-1990 spelling of faîtier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, faîtier is a different word: “Relating to the top of a roof”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de faîtier”.
What does faitier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
post-1990 spelling of faîtier
adjective
- 1
Relating to the top of a roof
- 2
Switzerlandcentral, as in an association, organisation, committee, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au faîte. 2. Central ; représentatif, en parlant d’une association, d’un syndicat, etc. 3. Qui occupe la tête d’une organisation hiérarchisée.
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de faîtier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of faitier
- faîtière feminine
- faîtiers masculine plural
- faîtières feminine plural
- faitier alternative
- faitière feminine
- faitiers masculine plural
- faitières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).