Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tête-à-tête

Tête-à-tête (tāt`ȧ*tāt") , noun

[French, head to head. See Tester a covering, Test a cupel.]

1.
Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
2.
A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.

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Tête-à-tête , adjective

Private; confidential; familiar.
She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him. — C. Kingsley

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Tête-à-tête , adverb

Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. — Prior

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