What does tête-à-tête mean?

Definitions for tête-à-tête
ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛttête-à-tête

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tete-a-tetenoun

    a private conversation between two people

  2. love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-visadjective

    small sofa that seats two people

  3. tete-a-tete, head-to-headadverb

    involving two persons; intimately private

    "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"

  4. tete a teteadverb

    without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy

    "we talked tete-a-tete"

Wiktionary

  1. tête-à-têtenoun

    A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.

  2. tête-à-têtenoun

    A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face.

  3. tête-à-têteadverb

    In private, between two people; head-to-head.

ChatGPT

  1. tete-a-tete

    A tete-a-tete is a private conversation between two people. It usually refers to a close, intimate meeting where the two individuals can discuss something confidentially. The term is derived from the French phrase "tête-à-tête," meaning "head to head."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tete-a-tetenoun

    private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons

  2. Tete-a-tetenoun

    a short sofa intended to accomodate two persons

  3. Tete-a-teteadjective

    private; confidential; familiar

  4. Tete-a-teteadverb

    face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tête-à-tête in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tête-à-tête in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tête-à-tête in a Sentence

  1. Henry Cavill:

    There's always been that little tete-a-tete with Batman and Superman and there has always been that question by fans - who will win in a fight?


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