tete-a-tete

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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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from 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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from 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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