tête-à-tête

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/, /ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/

Etymology

French tête-à-tête (“head-to-head”)

Noun

tête-à-tête (plural tête-à-têtes)

1. A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
2. A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face.

Adverb

tête-à-tête (not comparable)

1. In private, between two people; head-to-head.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 10:

     In particular his tête-à-tête luncheons were described, to which, as it now turned out, practically every journalist listening had at one time or another been invited.

Synonyms

• (private meeting): head-to-head

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛ.t‿a.tɛt/

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Noun

tête-à-tête m (plural tête-à-tête)

1. tête-à-tête, head-to-head