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headwaiter (main supervisory waiter) noun [UK: hˈedweɪtə] [US: hˈedweɪɾɚ] | maître d’hôtel◼◼◼nom {m} |
headwaters (the set of streams that feed into the beginning of a river) noun [UK: ˈhe.dwɔː.təz] [US: ˈhe.ˌdwɒ.tərz] | source◼◼◼nomThe headwaters of the River Thames are found in Gloucestershire, and its mouth is on the North Sea. = La source de la Tamise se situe au comté du Gloucestershire, et son embouchure se situe en Mer du Nord. |
headwind (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel) noun [UK: ˈhe.dwɪnd] [US: ˈhe.ˌdwɪnd] | vent debout◼◼◼nom {m} |
headword [headwords] (word used as the title of a section) noun [UK: ˈhe.dwɜːd] [US: ˈhe.dwɝːd] | vedette◼◼◼nom {f} mot vedettenom {m} |
ahead (in or to the front) adverb [UK: ə.ˈhed] [US: ə.ˈhed] | devant◼◼◼adverbeGo ahead. = Passe devant ! |
ahead of one's time (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) preposition [UK: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm] [US: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm] | en avance sur son tempspreposition |
airhead (foolish, silly, or unintelligent person) noun [UK: ˈerˌ.hed] [US: ˈer.ˌhed] | tête de linotte◼◼◼nom {f} |
angels dancing on the head of a pin (arcane intellectual speculation) noun | le sexe des angesnom {m} querelle byzantinenom {f} sexe des angesnom {m} |
at loggerheads (unable to agree; opposing) preposition | comme chien et chat (like a cat and dog)preposition diamétralement opposéspreposition |
bang one's head against a brick wall (to waste effort on a futile project) verb | perdre son tempsverbe |
bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) noun | oie à tête barrée◼◼◼nom {f} |
bareheaded (having no covering on the head) adjective [UK: beə.ˈhe.dɪd] [US: beə.ˈhe.dɪd] | nu-tête◼◼◼adjectif |
bareheaded (with no covering on the head) adverb [UK: beə.ˈhe.dɪd] [US: beə.ˈhe.dɪd] | nu-tête◼◼◼adverbe |
beakhead (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) noun | poulaine◼◼◼nom éperonnom guibrenom |
bedhead (unkempt hair) noun [UK: bˈedhed] [US: bˈedhed] | tête de lit◼◼◼nom {f} têtes de lit◼◼◻nom {f pl} |
behead [beheaded, beheading, beheads] (to remove the head) verb [UK: bɪ.ˈhed] [US: bə.ˈhed] | décapiter◼◼◼verbeJohn was beheaded by the Taliban. = John a été décapité par les Talibans. |
beheader (one who beheads or decapitates) noun | décapiteurnom {m} |
beheading (an instance of beheading) noun [UK: bɪ.ˈhed.ɪŋ] [US: bə.ˈhed.ɪŋ] | décapitation◼◼◼nom |
black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) noun | mouette rieuse◼◼◼nom {f} |
blackhead [blackheads] (skin blemish) noun [UK: ˈblæk.hed] [US: ˈblæk.hed] | point noir◼◼◼nom {m} comédon◼◼◻nom {m} |
blockhead (stupid person) noun [UK: ˈblɒk.hed] [US: ˈblɑːk.hed] | imbécile◼◼◼nom cancrenom {m} nom {f} |
bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) noun | baleine boréale◼◼◼nom {f} |
bridgehead [bridgeheads] (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) noun [UK: ˈbrɪdʒ.hed] [US: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌhed] | tête de pont◼◼◼nom {f} |
bridgehead [bridgeheads] (fortification) noun [UK: ˈbrɪdʒ.hed] [US: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌhed] | tête de pont◼◼◼nom {f} |
bufflehead [buffleheads] (a duck in the goldeneye genus) noun | petit garrot◼◼◼nom {m} garrot albéolenom {m} |
bulkhead [bulkheads] (partition on air- or spacecraft) noun [UK: ˈbʌlk.hed] [US: ˈbʌlk.ˌhed] | cloison◼◼◼nom {f} |
bulkhead [bulkheads] (partition on ship) noun [UK: ˈbʌlk.hed] [US: ˈbʌlk.ˌhed] | cloison◼◼◼nom {f} |
bury one's head in the sand (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) verb [UK: ˈbe.ri wʌnz hed ɪn ðə sænd] [US: ˈbe.ri wʌnz ˈhed ɪn ðə ˈsænd] | faire l'autruche◼◼◼verbe se voiler la faceverbe |
butt heads (argue uncompromisingly) verb | ne pas se mouillerverbe |