têtu

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See also: tetu, tētu, and tetű

French

Etymology

From Old French testu, from teste (head) + -u. Morphologically, from tête +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Adjective

têtu (feminine têtue, masculine plural têtus, feminine plural têtues)

  1. stubborn, headstrong
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, “VI. Ce que c'est que d'avoir rencontré un marguillier”, in Les Misérables, 3e partie. Marius; Livre troisième. Le grand-père et le petit-fils, Belgium: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.:
      Il y avait en lui tout un petit homme têtu qui haïssait Napoléon.
      There was in him a headstrong little man who hated Napoleon.

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