tête-bêche

English

Etymology

From French tête-bêche.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛtˈbɛʃ/

Adjective

tête-bêche (not comparable)

(philately) Of a postage stamp, printed upside down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column.

French

Sardines laid out tête-bêche

Etymology

From tête + bêche(vet).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛt.bɛʃ/

Adverb

tête-bêche

(of two people or objects) head to toe, top to tail, head-to-tail

Noun

tête-bêche m (plural têtes-bêches)

A pair of tête-bêche stamps.

Further reading

“tête-bêche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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