tête

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See also: tete, tète, tetë, tété, tētē, tę̋tę̌, and tê tê

French

Etymology

From Middle French teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”). Replaced French chef (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin caput) which is still used in some expressions.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛt/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Paris" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tɛt]
    • audio (France, Paris):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Belgium" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tɛːt]
    • audio (Belgium, Brabant wallon):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tɛɪ̯t]
    • Audio (Quebec, Montreal):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [taɪ̯t]
    • audio (Quebec, La Tuque):(file)
    • audio (Quebec, Laurentides):(file)
    • Audio (Quebec, Montreal):(file)

Noun

tête f (plural têtes)

  1. head (part of the body)
    J'ai mal à la tête - I have a headache
  2. head (leader)
  3. (soccer) header
  4. (colloquial) a bright spark, a quick study
    Ce type-là, c'est une tête.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Template:der-mid

Further reading

Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrm

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Jersey" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /teit/
  • audio (Jersey):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Saint Ouen" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /tɛːt/

Noun

tête f (plural têtes)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) head
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