tête-à-tête /-a-tetˈ or tāt-a-tātˈ/ noun (pl tête-à-têtes, têtes-à-têtes)

1. A private confidential interview
2. An S-shaped sofa for two, bringing sitters face to face

adjective

Confidential, secret

adverb

1. In private conversation
2. Face to face

tête-bêche /-beshˈ/ adverb

1. (Fr bêche, from obs béchevet double-headed) head to tail
2. (of a postage stamp) printed in an inverted position in relation to its neighbour

tête-de-pont /-də-pɔ̃ˈ/ noun

Bridgehead

tête folle /folˈ/ noun

(Fr folle fem of fou mad) a scatterbrain