casse-tête
See also: cassetete
French
Etymology
casser + tête
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.tɛt/
Quebec (file)
Noun
casse-tête m (plural casse-tête)
- brainteaser, puzzle
- (by extension) headache, problem
- warclub
Related terms
- se casser la tête
Descendants
- → Polish: kastet
- → Portuguese: cassetete
- → Russian: кастет (kastet)
Further reading
- “casse-tête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.