Definitions for tete-a-tete

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tete-a-tete tête-à-tête

Spelling: [teyt-uh-teyt, tet-

IPA: /ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛt; French tɛ taˈtɛt/

Tete-A-Tete is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in tete-a-tete (--aeeeetttt).

Definitions for tete-a-tete

noun

1. a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.
2. Also called vis-à-vis. a sofa shaped like an S so two people are able to converse face to face.

adverb

1. (of two persons) together in private:

adjective

1. of, between, or for two persons together without others.

Origin of tete-a-tete

1690-1700; French: literally, head to head

Examples for tete-a-tete

Us, in a tete-a-tete, is the most traitorous word in the whole language.

She replied that she was looking forward to their tete-a-tete.

Jewel was not late to lunch, but eating it tete-a-tete with aunt Madge was not to her taste.

But I am afraid, my dear fellow, that I must leave you to a tete-a-tete with Eleanor.

We literally burst unannounced into the tete-a-tete on the porch.

He seemed embarrassed by the tete-a-tete which, nevertheless, he had sought.

Pardon me for interrupting your tete-a-tete, but do you know who has charge of the games?

The sweetness of a tete-a-tete might diminish the bitterness of recollections.

I would rather keep my seat where I happen to be—and continue the tete-a-tete.

He never interrupted a confidence; never marred a tete-a-tete.