Tete
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- tete (n.)
- as a type of women's tall dressed hair or wig, 1756, from French tête "head," Old French teste, from Latin testa, literally "piece of earthenware, tile, potsherd; earthen pot, pitcher, jug; shell of shellfish," related to Latin testudo "tortoise" and texere "to weave" (compare Lithuanian tištas "vessel made of willow twigs;" see texture (n.)). The "head" sense arose in Vulgar Latin, perhaps as a humorous use of the "jug, pot" meaning, or via Late Latin use of testa as "skull," from testa (capitis) "shell (of the head)." Compare German Kopf "head" from the root of English cup (n.).
Example
- 1. And there are signs that tete 's poorer residents resent the disruption .
- 2. Nonetheless , even before production has started , tete 's infrastructure is creaking .
- 3. Two large indian coal groups jindal and coal india both have concessions in tete .
- 4. With emerging economies such as those of china and india crying out for more coal , the basin around tete is expected to play a big part in developing mozambique 's fledgling economy .
- 5. Disgruntled villagers say the cost of living has soared because of the added expense of getting to tete , the provincial capital .