tete-a-tete

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tete-a-tete - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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  Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, adv.
     Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
     --Prior.
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tete-a-tete - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tete-a-tete
      adj 1: involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete
             supper"; "a head-to-head conversation" [syn:
             tete-a-tete, head-to-head]
      n 1: a private conversation between two people
      2: small sofa that seats two people [syn: love seat,
         loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis]