tête-à-tête
noun
a private conversation or interview, usually between two people.
tête-à-têtes
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pluralof tête-à-tête.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And it was during one of those tête-à-têtes that Infantino suggested the idea of a first annual Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
An extended couch of striking blue-green color allows for tête-à-têtes to be conducted at various degrees of intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
The tête-à-têtes between Ethan and Traveler should crackle, but they feel flat.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
The puppeteers achieve striking emotional effects, especially with their ape’s eyes, during several tender tête-à-têtes between Kong and Pitts’ Darrow, who in this version comes to see something of herself in the chained beast.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018
There were no more rides out with Maude; no more pleasant tête-à-têtes: all was smiles carefully iced, and he turned at last to Tom for an explanation.
From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn
