Tete-a-tete

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\ (t[=a]t`[.a]*t[=a]t"), n.
     [F., head to head. See {Tester} a covering, {Test} a cupel.]
     1. Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of
        two persons.
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     2. A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, a.
     Private; confidential; familiar.
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           She avoided t[^e]te-[`a]-t[^e]te walks with him. --C.
                                                    Kingsley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, adv.
     Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
     --Prior.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tete-a-tete
       adj : involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete
             supper"; "a head-to-head conversation" [syn: {head-to-head}]
       n 1: a private conversation between two people
       2: small sofa that seats two people [syn: {love seat}, {vis-a-vis}]