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    tête-à-tête
    /teɪtɑːˈteɪt/

    noun

    • 1. a private conversation between two people: "it so happened that their tête-à-tête was in earshot"
    • 2. an S-shaped sofa on which two people can sit face to face.

    adjective

    • 1. involving or happening between two people in private: "a tête-à-tête meal"

    adverb

    • 1. between two people in private: "his business was conducted tête-à-tête"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTÊTE-À-TÊTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    noun [ C ] uk / ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt / us / ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt /. Add to word list. an informal private conversation between two people, especially friends: We must have a tête-à-tête sometime. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Informal talking & conversation. a problem shared is a problem halved idiom. banter.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › tête-à-têteTête-à-tête Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of TÊTE-À-TÊTE is a private conversation between two persons. How to use tête-à-tête in a sentence.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › tete-a-teteTÊTE-À-TÊTE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Tête-à-tête definition: a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.. See examples of TÊTE-À-TÊTE used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTÊTE-À-TÊTE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun Word forms: plural -têtes or -tête. 1. a. a private conversation between two people. b. ( as modifier) a tête-à-tête conversation. 2. a small sofa for two people, esp one that is S-shaped in plan so that the sitters are almost face to face.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › tete-a-tete_advtête-à-tête, adv., n., & adj. meanings, etymology and more |...

    The name of some special types of sofa, settee, etc., made of such a shape as to enable two persons to converse more or less face to face. 1864. Tête-à-tête ,..a form of sofa for two persons, so curved that they are brought face to face while sitting on different sides of the sofa.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishtête-à-tête - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Definition of tête-à-tête noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryTÊTE-À-TÊTE - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

    Synonyms of 'tête-à-tête' • private conversation, talk, chat, parley [...] • in private, privately, intimately [...]

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitiontête-à-tête noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of tête-à-tête noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › tête-à-têteTête-à-tête - definition of tête-à-tête by The Free Dictionary

    Define tête-à-tête. tête-à-tête synonyms, tête-à-tête pronunciation, tête-à-tête translation, English dictionary definition of tête-à-tête. 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...

  11. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › tête-à-têtetête-à-tête - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 11, 2024 · tête-à-tête (plural tête-à-têtes) A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head . Synonym: head-to-head. 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter XI, in The Banished Man. [ …], volume II, London: [ …]