Grammatical class

Adjective

têtu

stubborn, headstrong

Details

Syllables

tê-tu

Phonetics

te.ty

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

8858

Freq. (movies)

5493

Freq. (news)

25627

Sentences

Il est têtu.

He's stubborn.

A1

Tom est têtu.

Tom's stubborn.

A1

Je suis têtu.

I'm stubborn.

A1

Tom est très têtu.

Tom is very stubborn.

A1

Tom est trop têtu pour s'excuser.

Tom is too stubborn to apologize.

A2

Tu sais à quel point il peut être têtu.

You know how stubborn he can be.

A2

Il y avait en lui tout un petit homme têtu qui haïssait Napoléon.

There was in him a headstrong little man who hated Napoleon.

B1

Plus tu seras têtu, plus tu seras isolé.

The more stubborn you are, the more isolated you become.

B1

En vieillissant, il devient de plus en plus têtu.

As he gets older, he's getting more and more stubborn.

B1

L'homme est aussi un microbe têtu.

The man is also a stubborn microbe.

B2

Ils la disaient obstinée, et elle était en effet le membre le plus têtu de l'opposition.

They called her obdurate, and indeed she was the most stubborn member of the opposition.

B2