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fleche

fleche is the alternative spelling of flèche.

Meaning of flèche

Noun

flèche (plural flèches)

  1. (obsolete) An 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.

See all 6 meanings of flèche

Forms of fleche

Noun
pluralfleches
Verb
third-person singular presentfleches
present participlefleching
past participlefleched
pastfleched

Phrases with fleche

Questions about fleche

What is fleche the alternative spelling of?
Fleche is the alternative spelling of flèche.

Words near fleche in the dictionary

  1. fleaworts
  2. flebography
  3. flecainide
  4. Flecha
  5. Flechas
  6. fleche
  7. fleche faitiere
  8. fleched
  9. fleches
  10. fleches faitieres
  11. flechette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fleche (page history and authors); flèche (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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