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tête-à-tête
[teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet; Fr. te-ta-tet] 
noun, plural tête-à-têtes, French tête-à-tête, adjective, adverb –noun
| 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
| 3. | of, between, or for two persons together without others. |
–adverb
| 4. | (of two persons) together in private: to sit tête-à-tête. |
Origin:
1690–1700; < F: lit., head to head
1690–1700; < F: lit., head to head
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| tête-à-tête (tāt'ə-tāt', tět'ə-tět') adv. & adj. Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy: talk tête-à-tête; a tête-à-tête supper. n.
[French : tête, head + à, to + tête, head.] |
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Tete-a-tete
T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, a. Private; confidential; familiar. She avoided t[^e]te-[`a]-t[^e]te walks with him. --C. Kingsley.Tete-a-tete
T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, adv. Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. --Prior.
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