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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, adv.
Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
--Prior.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
head-to-head, love seat, vis-a-vis
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