Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy.
- noun A private conversation between two persons.
- noun A sofa for two, especially an S-shaped one allowing the occupants to face each other.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Private; confidential; with none present but the persons concerned: as, a tête-à-tête conversation.
- noun A private interview; a friendly or close conversation.
- noun A short sofa, on which only two persons can comfortably sit.
- Face to face; in private; in close confabulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
- noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
- adverb Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
- adjective Private; confidential; familiar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A face-to-face meeting, or private
conversation between two people, usually in anintimate setting; ahead-to-head . - noun A
bench orsofa that allows two people to talkface-to-face . - adverb In
private , between two people;head-to-head .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy
- adjective involving two persons; intimately private
- noun a private conversation between two people
- noun small sofa that seats two people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : tête, head (from Late Latin testa, skull; see teston) + à, to + tête, head.]
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French tête-à-tête ("head-to-head")
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brtom commented on the word tête-à-tête
I have just come from one of our agreeable tête-à-têtes.
Goldsmith, She Stoops, I
January 8, 2007