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tete-a-tete - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tete-a-tete' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tete-a-tete [ a.]
- Private; confidential; familiar.
2 . Tete-a-tete [ adv.]
- Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
3 . Tete-a-tete [ n.]
- Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
- A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.

Meaning of 'tete-a-tete' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tete-a-tete [ s]
Meaning (1):
- involving two persons; intimately private
Example in sentence:
  • a head-to-head conversation;
  • a tete-a-tete supper