head

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
2. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
3. (countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
4. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
5. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
6. (countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
7. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
8. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
9. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
10. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
11. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
12. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
13. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
14. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
15. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
16. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
17. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
18. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
19. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
20. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
21. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
22. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
23. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
24. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
25. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
26. (British, countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
27. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
28. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
29. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
30. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
31. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
32. (British, countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
33. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
34. (countable, metonymically) A leader or expert.
35. (countable, metonymically, uncountable) A leader or expert.
36. (Ireland, UK, countable, metonymically, uncountable) A leader or expert.
37. (countable, figuratively, metonymically, slang, uncountable) A leader or expert.
38. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
39. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
40. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
41. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
42. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
43. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
44. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A significant or important part.
45. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
46. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
47. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
48. (countable, uncountable) Headway; progress.
49. (countable, uncountable) Topic; subject.
50. (countable, singular, uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
51. (countable, uncountable) Pressure and energy.
52. (countable, uncountable) Pressure and energy.
53. (countable, uncountable) Pressure and energy.
54. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
55. (countable, slang, uncountable) The glans penis.
56. (countable, slang) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
57. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Power; armed force.

Adj

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Verb

1. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
2. (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
3. (transitive) To strike with the head
4. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
5. (transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
6. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
7. (intransitive) To form a head.
8. (transitive) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
9. (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
10. (obsolete, transitive) To behead; to decapitate.
11. To go in front of.
12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
13. (broadly) To check or restrain.
14. To set on the head.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Foremost in rank or importance.
2. (not-comparable) Placed at the top or the front.
3. (not-comparable) Coming from in front.

Concepts

tête

chef

diriger

leader

guider

conduire

pointe

directeur

cap

régler

principal

titre

cerveau

🧠

mener

sommet

président

en-tête

cervelle

🧠

faîte

🔝

crâne

💀

haut

ligne

cime

têtière

gérant

front

chef de famille

faite

dirigeant

promontoire

rubrique

précéder

point

commander

esprit

devant

avant-garde

destination

cardinal

maître

conducteur

capitule

avant

aiguiller

intitulé

hôte

h aspiré

capital

ciboulot

fer

Opposé de

base, bottom, underside, foot, tail, point, tip, subordinate

Synonymes

chief

leader

boss

top

🔝

lead

director

skull

💀

manager

direct

master

guide

commander

pate

captain

principal

brain

🧠

mind

main

end

🔚

brains

superior

ruler

point

lord

president

front

heading

hair

crown

👑

supervisor

ringleader

chairman

conduct

tip

intellect

person in authority

steer

summit

forehead

administrator

face

apex

person

🧑‍🦱

head up

header

chieftain

senior

caput

source

first

1st

Traductions

cabeza

Kopf

hoofd

testa

cabeça

capo

Haupt

cap

caput

κεφάλι

jefe

Leiter

🪜

kop

baş

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɛd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hed

Hérité de ancien anglais: hēafod

Appartenant à écossais: heid

Appartenant à ancien anglais: hafola

Appartenant à frison septentrional: hood

Appartenant à néerlandais: hoofd

Appartenant à allemand: Haupt

Appartenant à suédois: huvud

Appartenant à danois: hoved

Appartenant à islandais: höfuð

Appartenant à latin: caput

Appartenant à sanskrit: कपाल

Appartenant à hindi: कपाल

Hérité de moyen anglais: heed

Hérité de ancien anglais: hēafod-

Appartenant à saterlandais: hööft-

Appartenant à frison occidental: haad-

Appartenant à néerlandais: hoofd-

Appartenant à allemand: haupt-

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput-
Proto-Germanic *haubudą
Old English hēafod
Middle English heed
English head
From Middle English hed, from Old English hēafd-, hēafod (“head; top; chief”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-; the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and Howth.
Cognate with Scots heid, hede, hevid, heved (“head”), Old English hafola (“head”), North Frisian hood (“head”), Dutch hoofd (“head”), German Haupt (“head”), Swedish huvud (“head”), Danish hoved (“head”), Icelandic höfuð (“head”), Latin caput (“head”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), Hindi कपाल (kapāl, “skull”).

Phrases

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

Le chef du gouvernement de son aile juridique est le procureur général de l'Inde.

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .

Ce corbeau a des plumes très courtes sur la tête, la gorge et le cou.

The painter gets upset and bangs his head against the mailbox outside .

Le peintre se fâche et se frappe la tête contre la boîte aux lettres à l'extérieur.

The head coach was Kippy Brown .

L'entraîneur-chef était Kippy Brown.

She wears upon her head a mural crown and veil .

Elle porte sur sa tête une couronne murale et un voile.

DeBerry was promoted to head coach .

DeBerry a été promu entraîneur-chef.