tête-à-tête
noun
[ ˌtɛtaˈtɛt ]
• a private conversation between two people.
• "it so happened that their tête-à-tête was in earshot"
Similar:
conversation,
chat,
cosy chat,
talk,
heart-to-heart,
one-on-one,
one-to-one,
discussion,
dialogue,
duologue,
consultation,
colloquy,
parley,
confab,
jaw,
chit-chat,
chinwag,
gossip,
natter,
rap,
convo,
confabulation,
• an S-shaped sofa on which two people can sit face to face.
tête-à-tête
adjective
• involving or happening between two people in private.
• "a tête-à-tête meal"
tête-à-tête
adverb
• between two people in private.
• "his business was conducted tête-à-tête"
Origin:
late 17th century: French, literally ‘head-to-head’.
