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heading noun

  /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
 titre
  • (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
 cap, orientation

head noun

  /ˈhɛd/
  • (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
  • The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
  • The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
 tête, caboche
  • The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 tête, cabinet de toilettes, tinettes
  • (metonymy) Leader; chief; mastermind.
 chef, tête
  • (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
 point de drisse, cabinet de toilettes, noyau, tinettes
  • A headdress; a covering for the head.
 directeur, directrice
  • (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
 mousse, chapeau de mousse
  • Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
 aptitudes, dispositions, tête
  • (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
 bout, tête
  • (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
 cabinet de toilettes, tinettes
  • A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
 capitule
  • The top edge of a sail.
 point de drisse
  • (figurative, metonymy) Mind; one's own thoughts.
 tête

head verb

  /ˈhɛd/
  • (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
 diriger, aller, courir
  • (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
 chapeauter, commander, diriger
  • (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
 faire une tête

head adjective

  /ˈhɛd/
  • Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
 tête, caboche

head adjective

  /ˈhɛd/
  • Foremost in rank or importance.
 chef, tête

heads noun

  /hɛdz/
  • The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar.
 face
true heading
route vraie
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