tête
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noun
- headpart of the body
- headleader
- header
- a bright spark, a quick study
Used in the library
- Vous avez mal à la tête aussi?Does your head hurt too?A1J'ai mal partout — Everything hurts
- Vous avez mal à la tête ? Aux oreilles ?Does your head hurt? Your ears?A2Chez le médecin à Montréal — At the doctor's in Montréal
- Elle secoua la tête.She shook her head.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- La tête a disparu.The head's gone.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
Other ways to say it
Idioms built on the body
- coûter les yeux de la têteto cost a fortuneLiterally to cost the eyes of the head. English sells an arm and a leg.
- se casser la têteto rack your brainsLiterally to break your own head. Often used in the negative: don't bother.
- avoir la tête ailleursto be miles awayLiterally to have your head elsewhere.