I. |tād.ə|tāt, |tātə- (+V usu -ə|tād.), ÷-ə|tā sometimes |tēd.ə|tēt, |tētə- (+V usu -ə|tēd.) noun
( plural tête-à-têtes -āts, -āz, -ēts ; also têtes-à-têtes “)
Etymology: French, literally, head to head
1. : a private conversation or familiar interview between two persons without the presence of a third person
2. : a short sofa or other piece of furniture intended to seat two persons especially so that they face each other : conversation chair 2
II. adverb
Etymology: French
: face-to-face , privately , familiarly
III. adjective
: being face-to-face
find yourself tête-à-tête with one member of the assembly — Agnes M. Miall
: private
a tête-à-tête home dinner — New Yorker