tête-à-tête: Meaning and Definition of

tête-à-tête

Pronunciation: (tāt'u-tāt', tet'u-tet' Fr. te-ta-tet'), [key]
— n., pl. adj., adv. tête-à-têtes, tête-à-tête,
—n.
  1. a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.
  2. a sofa shaped like anso two people are able to converse face to face.
—adj.
  1. of, between, or for two persons together without others.
—adv.
  1. (of two persons) together in private: to sit tête-à-tête.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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