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tête-à-tête

/ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/

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What does tête-à-tête mean?

noun

  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, especially one that is S-shaped.
  3. A variety of early flowering, fragrant daffodil.
More meanings (1)

adverb

  1. In private, between two people; head-to-head.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/

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Mrs. Garth was obliged to interfere, the other young ones came up and the tête-à-tête with Fred was ended.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
The place, however, gave them a delightful opportunity for a tête-à-tête, nobody else being in the room, and they talked freely.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
More book examples (3)
Yet time and her aunt moved slowly--and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tête-à-tête was over.
Jane AustenPride and PrejudiceProject Gutenberg ebook #1342
She knew that Chauvelin must be lying in wait for her somewhere, ready to seize the first possible opportunity for a tête-à-tête.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
To avoid the tedium of dining tête-à-tête, to give their servants a rest, because there was no reason to refuse, because they were “owed” a dinner.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222