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tête-à-tête
[ tet-uh-tet, teyt-uh-teyt; French te-ta-tet ]
noun
- a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.
- Also called vis-à-vis. a sofa shaped like an S so two people are able to converse face to face.
adjective
- of, between, or for two persons together without others.
adverb
- (of two persons) together in private:
to sit tête-à-tête.
tête-à-tête
/ ˌteɪtəˈteɪt /
noun
- a private conversation between two people
- ( as modifier )
a tête-à-tête conversation
- a small sofa for two people, esp one that is S-shaped in plan so that the sitters are almost face to face
adverb
- intimately; in private
tête-à-tête
- An intimate meeting or conversation between two individuals. From French, meaning “head to head.”
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Example Sentences
Le Point reports that his father asked him, in a tête-à-tête over dinner after Trierweiler's tweet, "not to feed the soap opera."
The French president meets his American counterpart for a tête-à-tête at the White House only three days after taking office.
At a table by the front bar, Colin Firth was tête-à-tête with movie-screenings queen Peggy Siegal.
Wei somehow slips in unnoticed, has a private tête-à-tête with the powers that be, and abracadabra, deal done.
Nothing subtle about Joey DiGiacomo, the alias he came up with for our first tête-à-tête.
There I was, practically tête-à-tête with the man; the noise of the crowd drowned my cries and remonstrances.
He apologized for interrupting their tête-à-tête, but said he had no choice, as the saloon was completely full.
Mrs. Charmington, in a long tête-à-tête with which she had favoured him, had called him "her hero."
They very much enjoyed their tête-à-tête dinner; as they had enjoyed many a one in Hartledon's bachelor days.
Mrs. Haughstone mentioned it in due course, however, having watched the tête-à-tête from her bedroom window, unobserved.
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