appui-tête

French

Appui-tête

Alternative forms

• appuie-tête (1990 spelling reform)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɥi.tɛt/

Noun

appui-tête m (plural appuis-tête or appui-têtes)

1. headrest (part of a seat)

Usage notes

The traditional plural is appuis-tête, the form appui-têtes is a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Synonyms

• repose-tête

Related terms

• appui-bras
• appui-main
• appui-pied

Further reading

• “appui-tête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.