[teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet; Fr. te-ta-tet] 
noun, plural tête-à-têtes, French tête-à-tête, adjective, adverb | 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. |
| 3. | of, between, or for two persons together without others. |
| 4. | (of two persons) together in private: to sit tête-à-tête. |
| 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.] |
An intimate meeting or conversation between two individuals. From French, meaning “head to head.”
