tête-à-tête

tête-à-tête  (tt-tt, tt-tt)

adv. & adj.

Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy: talk tête-à-tête; a tête-à-tête supper.

n.

1. A private conversation between two persons.

2. A sofa for two, especially an S-shaped one allowing the occupants to face each other.

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[French : tête, head + à, to + tête, head.]

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tête-à-tête [ˌteɪtəˈteɪt]

n pl -têtes, -tête

1.

a.  a private conversation between two people

b.  (as modifier) a tête-à-tête conversation

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a small sofa for two people, esp one that is S-shaped in plan so that the sitters are almost face to face

adv

intimately; in private

[from French, literally: head to head]

Thesaurus

tête-à-tête

noun private conversation, talk, chat, parley, cosy chat, private word, confab (informal) the usual tête-à-tête between the Queen and the Prime Minister

Translations

tête-à-tête [ˈteɪtɑːˈteɪt] N (tête-à-tête, tête-à-têtes (pl)) → conversación f íntima

tête-à-tête

adj, adv → unter vier Augen

n → Tete-a-tete nt, → Tête-à-tête nt