tête-bêche

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French tête-bêche.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛtˈbɛʃ/

Adjective

tête-bêche (not comparable)

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

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French

Sardines laid out tête-bêche

Etymology

From tête + bêche(vet).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛtbɛʃ/

Adverb

tête-bêche

1. (of two people or objects) Laid out in the opposite direction from one another, the feet of one being aligned with the head of the other.

Noun

tête-bêche m (plural têtes-bêches)

1. A pair of tête-bêche stamps.

References

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