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tête

French, noun

tête is spelled T-Ê-T-E (4 letters) and appears 339 times per million words in written French, the 235th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tête is a French feminine noun meaning “head (part of the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, tété is a different word: “titty (breast)”. Without its accent, tete is a different word: “first-person singular/third-person singular present…”. With an accent, tète is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie supérieure du corps, qui est le siège du cerveau et des principaux organes des sens, et qui, chez…”.

What does tête mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehead (part of the body)

    J'ai mal à la tête

  2. 2

    femininehead (leader)

  3. 3

    feminineheader

  4. 4

    colloquialfemininea bright spark, a quick study

    Ce type-là, c'est une tête

  5. 5

    feminineellipsis of note de tête (“top note”)

noun

as tété
  1. 1

    masculinetitty (breast)

verb

as tete
  1. 1

    first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as tété
  1. 1

    past participle of téter

verb

as tète
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as teté
  1. 1

    past participle of teter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Partie supérieure du corps, qui est le siège du cerveau et des principaux organes des sens, et qui, chez l’être humain et chez la plupart des vertébrés, tient au reste du corps par le cou. 2. Crâne. 3. Figure, visage, physionomie. 4. Chevelure.

noun: 1. Sein de femme.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tête

  • têtes plural
  • tétés plural
  • tétée feminine
  • tétées feminine plural
  • tetée feminine
  • tetés masculine plural
  • tetées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to tête

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tête in French?

tête appears 339 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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