tête-à-têtenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/us/ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/an informal private conversation between two people, especially friends:
We must have a tête-à-tête sometime.
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Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- confab
- conversation-stopper
- converse
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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tête-à-têteadverb
uk/ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/us/ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/in private with only two people together:
We dined tête-à-tête.
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Friendly
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- amity
- approachable
- closeness
- comrade
- familiarity
- family-friendly
- first name
- forthcoming
- fraternal
- Freemasonry
- likeable
- matey
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- thaw
- well in (with) idiom
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