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têtu

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See also: tetu, tētu, and tetű

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French testu, from teste (head) + -u. Morphologically, from tête +‎ -u. Compare Walloon tiestou.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ty/ ~ /te.ty/
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Adjective

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têtu (feminine têtue, masculine plural têtus, feminine plural têtues)

  1. stubborn, headstrong
    Synonyms: borné, (colloquial) cabochard
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 6, in Les Misérables, Tome III : Marius, book 3:
      Il y avait en lui tout un petit homme têtu qui haïssait Napoléon.
      There was in him a headstrong little man who hated Napoleon.
    • 2020 August 28, “Corée du Nord : l'armée secrète des hackeurs [North Korea: the secret army of hackers]”, in Le Monde[1]:
      Les pirates nord-coréens ne sont pas nécessairement les plus compétents, ni les plus pointus – quoique certains soient de très haut niveau –, mais ce sont les plus disciplinés et les plus têtus.
      North Korean hackers are not necessarily the most competent, nor the most precise—although some are at a very high level—but they are the most disciplined and the most stubborn.

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