tête-à-tête love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy.
  • noun A private conversation between two persons.
  • noun A sofa for two, especially an S-shaped one allowing the occupants to face each other.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Private; confidential; with none present but the persons concerned: as, a tête-à-tête conversation.
  • Face to face; in private; in close confabulation.
  • noun A private interview; a friendly or close conversation.
  • noun A short sofa, on which only two persons can comfortably sit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Private; confidential; familiar.
  • noun Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
  • noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
  • adverb Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
  • noun A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face.
  • adverb In private, between two people; head-to-head.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy
  • adjective involving two persons; intimately private
  • noun a private conversation between two people
  • noun small sofa that seats two people

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French : tête, head (from Late Latin testa, skull; see teston) + à, to + tête, head.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

French tête-à-tête ("head-to-head")

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  • I have just come from one of our agreeable tête-à-têtes.

    Goldsmith, She Stoops, I

    January 8, 2007