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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Tête-à-tête

Tête-à-tête, n.

noun

(tāt/ă-tāt'), n. [Fr., head to head.]

  1. Private conversation; familiar interview or conference.
  2. A form of sofa for two persons, so curved that they are brought face to face while sitting on different sides of the sofa.

Tête-à-tête, adv.

adverb

(tät'/ä-tät'), adv. Face to face; vis-à-vis; privately or confidentially; familiarly.