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tête-à-tête /ˌtɛtaˈtɛt / /ˌteɪtɑːˈteɪt /noun (plural tête-à-têtes pronunc. same)1A private conversation between two people: it so happened that their tête-à-tête was in earshot...- Then after their little tête-à-tête on her lawn, he felt as though he might be in love with her.
- She smiled intimately as though we'd settled in front of the fire for a tête-à-tête.
- If 222 is perfect for romantic tête-à-têtes and intimate celebrations, it's because sometimes elegant food and perfect presentation just aren't enough.
Synonyms conversation, chat, cosy chat, talk, heart-to-heart, one-on-one, one-to-one; discussion, dialogue, duologue, consultation, colloquy, parley, powwow informal confab, jaw, chit-chat, chinwag, gossip British informal natter North American informal rap Australian informal convo formal confabulation 2An S-shaped sofa on which two people can sit face to face.A mid-nineteenth-century French form, the tête-à-tête, also known as a confident, was well-suited to the parlor as its two chairs facing in opposite directions and joined at the sides allowed for discreet conversation....- The graceful, sinuous shape of this tête-à-tête illustrates the importance of lamination and epitomizes the Rococo Revival style.
adjective & adverbInvolving or happening between two people in private: [as adjective]: a tête-à-tête meal [as adverb]: his business was conducted tête-à-tête...- It is important to meet tête-à-tête to understand what kind of people they are and to feel how they see cooperation.
Synonyms privately, in private; face to face, heart-to-heart; secretly, in secret, confidentially; French à deux Origin Late 17th century: French, literally 'head-to-head'. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight |