appui-tête
French
Appui-tête
Alternative forms
- appuie-tête (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɥi.tɛt/
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Noun
appui-tête m (plural appuis-tête or appui-têtes)
- headrest (part of a seat)
- Synonym: repose-tête
Usage notes
The traditional plural is appuis-tête; the form appui-têtes is a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Related terms
- appui-bras
- appui-main
- appui-pied
Further reading
- “appui-tête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.