[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tete-a-tete \t^ete`-`a-t^ete"\ t=at`.at=at", n.
   f., head to head. see tester a covering, test a cupel.
   1. private conversation; familiar interview or conference of
      two persons.
      1913 webster

   2. a short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
      1913 webster
see also:
tester test 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tete-a-tete \t^ete`-`a-t^ete"\, a.
   private; confidential; familiar.
   1913 webster

         she avoided t^ete-`a-t^ete walks with him. --c.
                                                  kingsley.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tete-a-tete \t^ete`-`a-t^ete"\, adv.
   face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
   --prior.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tete-a-tete
     adj : involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete
           supper"; "a head-to-head conversation" syn: head-to-head
     n 1: a private conversation between two people
     2: small sofa that seats two people syn: love seat, vis-a-vis
see also:
head-to-head love seat vis-a-vis 

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