repose-tête
French edit
Etymology edit
Compare also Spanish reposacabezas.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
repose-tête m (plural repose-tête or repose-têtes)
- headrest
- Synonym: appui-tête
Usage notes edit
The traditional plural is unchanged, the form repose-têtes is a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Further reading edit
- “repose-tête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.