tête

Signification

1. head (part of the body)
2. head (leader)
3. header
4. (colloquial) a bright spark, a quick study

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɛt/

Étymologie

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.

Phrases

Il arrangeait certainement des projets dans sa grosse tête digne .

He was certainly arranging projects in his dignified big head.

Il s'inscrivit en tête de la liste avec le comte Dubourg, affairé .

He was at the top of the list with the busy Count Dubourg.

Jehan qui faisait la tête et qui sifflait complétait l'illusion.

Jehan who formed the head, and who was whistling, completed the illusion.

L'enfant tête et tient d'une main le sein , de l'autre un chardonneret .

The child heads and holds the breast in one hand, a goldfinch in the other.