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tête-de-pont

tête-de-pont noun: a bridgehead.

Noun

tête-de-pont (plural têtes-de-pont)

  1. a bridgehead.

Forms of tête-de-pont

pluraltêtes-de-pont

Origin of tête-de-pont

Borrowed from French tête de pont (“head of a bridge”).

Questions about tête-de-pont

What does tête-de-pont mean?
Tête-de-pont means a bridgehead.
What part of speech is tête-de-pont?
Tête-de-pont is a noun.
What is the plural of tête-de-pont?
The plural of tête-de-pont is têtes-de-pont.

Words near tête-de-pont in the dictionary

  1. tête montée
  2. tête à tête
  3. tête à têtes
  4. tête-bêche
  5. tête-bêches
  6. tête-de-pont
  7. tête-à-tête
  8. tête-à-têtes
  9. têtes-de-pont
  10. Tír na n-Óg
  11. Tír na nÓg

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