tête-de-pont

noun

a bridgehead.

OriginFrench tête de pont →
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Meanings

nountête-de-pont (plural têtes-de-pont)

plural têtes-de-pont

  1. governmenta bridgehead.

Origin

  1. Frenchtête de pont“head of a bridge”
  2. Englishtête-de-pont

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

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tête-de-pont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t%C3%AAte-de-pont

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“tête-de-pont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t%C3%AAte-de-pont. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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