Grammatical class

Adverb

tête-bêche

(of two people or objects) head to foot, top to tail, head-to-tail; with the head of one being placed next to the feet of the other, heads and thraws; (of one object) with a head at both ends

Details

Syllables

tête-bêche

Phonetics

tɛt.bɛʃ

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

43261

Freq. (movies)

71690

Freq. (news)

116015

Sentences

Ils décidèrent de remplacer ce valet perdu par un morceau de papier de format identique sur lequel ils dessineraient un bonhomme tête-bêche, un trèfle (♣), un grand V, et même le nom du valet.

They decided to replace the missing jack with a piece of paper of the same size on which they would draw a man with heads pointing up and down, a club, a big J, and even the word "jack."

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