tete : Idioms & Phrases

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tete a tete

  • adverb without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy
    • we talked tete-a-tete
WordNet

tete-a-tete

  • noun a private conversation between two people
  • noun small sofa that seats two people
    vis-a-vis; love seat; loveseat.
  • adjective satellite involving two persons; intimately private
    head-to-head.
    • a tete-a-tete supper
    • a head-to-head conversation
WordNet
Tête`-à-tête" noun (Also<
  • Tete-a-tete
  • Tête-à-tête
)
Etymology
F., head to head. See Tester a covering, Test a cupel.
Definitions
  1. Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
  2. A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
Tête`-à-tête" adjective (Also<
  • Tete-a-tete
  • Tête-à-tête
)
Definitions
  1. Private; confidential; familiar.
    She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him. C. Kingsley.
Tête`-à-tête" adverb (Also<
  • Tete-a-tete
  • Tête-à-tête
)
Definitions
  1. Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. Prior.
Webster 1913

tete-de-pont

Tête`-de-pont" noun (Also<
  • Tete-de-pont
  • Tête-de-pont
)
Etymology
F., head of a bridge.
Wordforms
plural Têtes-de-pont
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
Webster 1913