tête-bêche

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adverb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French tête-bêche.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛtˈbɛʃ/

[edit] Adjective

tête-bêche (not comparable)

1. (philately) Of a postage stamp, printed upside-down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From tête + béche(vet).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛtbɛʃ/

[edit] Adverb

tête-bêche

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) head to tail, head to foot
2. (of two people or objects) laid out in the opposite direction from one another, the feet of one being aligned with the head of the other.