tête

tête

1. plural of têta

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Inherited from Middle French teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”). Replaced French chef (from Latin caput), which is still used in some expressions.

• IPA^(key): /tɛt/
• (Paris) IPA^(key): [tɛtʰ]

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• (Switzerland, Lorraine, Belgium) IPA^(key): [tɛːtʰ]

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• (Quebec, standard) IPA^(key): [tɛɪ̯tʰ]

  • [tɛɪ̯tʰ] (Montreal, standard):

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• (Quebec, nonstandard) IPA^(key): [taɪ̯tʰ]

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  • Audio (Quebec, La Tuque); [tɑɪ̯tʰ]:

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  • Audio (Quebec, Laurentides); [tæɪ̯tʰ]:

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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 ― That guy is bright (literally, “That guy, he's a head”)

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

 

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• teet (Sark)

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

• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /teit/

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• (Saint Ouën) IPA^(key): /tɛːt/

tête f (plural têtes)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) head