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tête-de-violon

French, noun/tɛt.də.vjɔ.lɔ̃/

tête-de-violon is a French feminine noun meaning “fiddlehead (fern)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tête-de-violon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefiddlehead (fern)

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

Forms of tête-de-violon

  • têtes-de-violon plural
  • tête de violon alternative

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

How do you pronounce tête-de-violon?

  • /tɛt.də.vjɔ.lɔ̃/

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-de-violon

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