tete-a-tete
8.3
Privately between two people
- adverb
- /ˌteɪtɑːˈteɪ/
:
en privado
- The two leaders met tete-a-tete to discuss sensitive issues.
Examples
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We spent the afternoon talking tete-a-tete in the quiet café.
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After the meeting, they wanted to speak tete-a-tete away from prying ears.
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After the party, they enjoyed a long tete-a-tete on the balcony.
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Let's have a tete-a-tete!
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They had a private tete-a-tete at the café.
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The couple enjoyed a tete-a-tete dinner at the restaurant, sharing their thoughts privately.
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They arranged a tete-a-tete in the garden, where they could talk without distractions.
Synonyms
one-on-one
vstete-a-tete
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3.1
Between two people with no one else present
is more intimate and stresses private closeness between the two people
head-to-head
vstete-a-tete
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4.2
A private meeting between two people
is the general phrase for private and intimate interaction between two people
How Private
Surface Forms
tete-a-tete positive
Etymology
Tete-a-tete as an adverb comes from the French phrase for tête 'head' meaning 'head-to-head', and it shows doing something 'in private' with only two people present. So to meet tete-a-tete is to meet privately to talk.