Log in or Sign up
  1. tête-à-tête love

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy: talk tête-à-tête; a tête-à-tête supper.
  2. n. A private conversation between two persons.
  3. n. A sofa for two, especially an S-shaped one allowing the occupants to face each other.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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

Wiktionary

  1. n. A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
  2. n. A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face.
  3. adv. In private, between two people; head-to-head.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
  2. n. A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
  3. adj. Private; confidential; familiar.
  4. adv. Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy
  2. adj. involving two persons; intimately private
  3. n. a private conversation between two people
  4. n. small sofa that seats two people

Etymologies

  1. French tête-à-tête ("head-to-head") (Wiktionary)
  2. French : tête, head + à, to + tête, head. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

Sorry, no example sentences found.

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. private
  1. confidential
  1. familiar
  1. familiarly
  1. head-to-head

equivalents (1)

Other words for ‘tête-à-tête’

  1. private

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. sofa
  1. couch
  1. lounge

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. ill-cooked
  2. sit-down
  3. taboret
  4. sharpshooting
  1. potluck
  2. well-cooked
  3. well-served
  4. birthnight
  1. broadstone
  2. lorsqu'il
  3. fund-raising
  4. celebratory
  1. usufruct
  2. insurgence
  3. snow line
  4. thank-you
  1. nightmare
  2. thecurrent
  3. grand master
  4. table d'hote
  1. readjustment
  2. dining-car

reverse dictionary (3)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. tête-à-tête
  1. causeuse
  1. coze

tags (1)

Free-form, user-generated categorization

  1. cvcvvcvcv

Log in or sign up to add your own tag.

Wordmap

(beta)

Word visualization

Lists

These user-created lists contain the word ‘tête-à-tête’.

More lists containing ‘tête-à-tête’

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • brtom I have just come from one of our agreeable tête-à-têtes.
    Goldsmith, She Stoops, I Jan 8, 2007

Tweets

Looking for tweets for tête-à-tête.

‘tête-à-tête’ has been looked up 2742 times, loved by 4 people, added to 17 lists, commented on 1 time, and is not a valid Scrabble word.