têt

Inherited from Latin tēctum.

têt m (plural têts) (ORB, broad)

1. roof

• toit in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• têt in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From French tête (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: taie, taies, tais, tait, tes, têts
• Rhymes: -ɛ

têt m (plural têts)

1. the outgrowth of bone on the skulls of cervids from which antlers grow
2. a protective covering of bone or chitin; a carapace

Derived from Old French test (“pot”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛ/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: taie, taies, tais, tait, tes, têts
• Rhymes: -ɛ

têt m (plural têts)

1. a crucible

Borrowed from Vietnamese Tết.

• IPA^(key): /tɛt/
• Homophones: tet, tèt, tète, tête, tètent, tètes, têtes, teth, teths, tets, tèts, têts, tette, tettent, tettes, thète, thètes

têt m (plural têts)

1. a Vietnamese New Year's celebration; Tet

• Têt

• “têt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.