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tête-à-tête

[ tet-uh-tet, teyt-uh-teyt; French te-ta-tet ]

noun

, plural tête-à-têtes, French tête-à-tête.
  1. a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.
  2. Also called vis-à-vis. a sofa shaped like an S so two people are able to converse face to face.


adjective

  1. of, between, or for two persons together without others.

adverb

  1. (of two persons) together in private:

    to sit tête-à-tête.

tête-à-tête

/ ˌteɪtəˈteɪt /

noun

    1. a private conversation between two people
    2. ( as modifier )

      a tête-à-tête conversation

  1. a small sofa for two people, esp one that is S-shaped in plan so that the sitters are almost face to face


adverb

  1. intimately; in private

tête-à-tête

  1. An intimate meeting or conversation between two individuals. From French, meaning “head to head.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tête-à-tête1

First recorded in 1690–1700; from French: literally, “head to head”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tête-à-tête1

C17: from French, literally: 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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