English

Adjective

tête-bêche ‎(not comparable)

1. (philately) Of a postage stamp, printed upside down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column.

French

Sardines laid out tête-bêche

Etymology

From tête + bêche(vet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛt.bɛʃ/

Adverb

tête-bêche

1. (of two people or objects) head-to-toe, head-to-tail

Noun

tête-bêche m ‎(plural têtes-bêches)

1. A pair of tête-bêche stamps.

References

• “tête-bêche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).