à deux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French à deux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː ˈdɜː/, /ə ˈdɜː/

Prepositional phrase

à deux

1. (music) To be played by two people.
2. Privately; one-on-one.
   • (Can we date this quote?), William Manchester, The Last Lion, volume 2, page 458:

     It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war […]

   • 2012 November 20, Paul Reid, William Manchester, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN:

     Like their leader, none in the party spoke a word of German. Henderson, who would join them in Munich, was fluent in German, but of course he also spoke in tongues. Chamberlain and Hitler would talk à deux […]

Related terms

• folie à deux

 

See also

• adieu
• ado