tête à claques
French, noun/tɛ.t‿a klak/
tête à claques is spelled T-Ê-T-E-À-C-L-A-Q-U-E-S (12 letters). Tête à claques is a French feminine noun meaning “pain in the neck, blighter (a person so annoying that he or she might deserve to be slapped)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne déplaisante et agaçante”.
What does tête à claques mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepain in the neck, blighter (a person so annoying that he or she might deserve to be slapped)
Ce gamin n'en fait qu'à sa tête, c'est une vraie tête à claques.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne déplaisante et agaçante.
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 à claques
- têtes à claques plural
- tête à claque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tête à claques?
- /tɛ.t‿a klak/
- /te.t‿a klak/
- \tɛ.t‿a klak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tête à claques
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.