tête en l'air
French, noun/tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ/
tête en l'air is a French feminine noun meaning “scatterbrain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne distraite”.
What does tête en l'air mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalscatterbrain
C'est une vraie tête en l'air.
adjective
- 1
informalabsent-minded, scatterbrained
être tête en l'air
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Distrait.
noun: 1. Personne distraite.
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 en l'air
- têtes en l'air plural
- têtes en l’air plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tête en l'air?
- /tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ/
- \tɛ.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\
- [tɛt‿ɑ̃l‿ɛʁ]
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 en l'air
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.