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adverb

ˌtet-ə-ˈtet How to pronounce tête-à-tête (audio)
Definition of tête-à-têtenext
as in personally
in person and usually privately met tête-à-tête with the student's parents to discuss his disciplinary problems in class

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tête-à-tête

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noun

ˌtet-ə-ˈtet How to pronounce tête-à-tête (audio)
as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this had a quick tête-à-tête with my neighbor before heading off to work

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Recent Examples of tête-à-tête
Noun
Aside from that tete-a-tete, there was some superb quality on show. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 28 July 2025 Social outings, sports events and fun activities with kids plus romantic tete-a-tetes are tops on your menu. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2026 Texas' initial redistricting saga launched a national tete-a-tete, inspiring other states to redraw their own maps. — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2025 Another video captured Xi, Modi and Putin engaging in a lighthearted tete-a-tete on the Summit’s sidelines. — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025 Told mostly through dialogue, Konfidenz is an intensely psychological tete-a-tete about a woman who receives a phone call from a stranger claiming to be her friend, but soon is revealed to have intimate and dangerous knowledge about her life. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 Later, there is caper-like comedy at a funeral home, which then sobers in a poignant tete-a-tete between Yun-ji and Min-yeong, astute revelations of the broken homes that shaped our young heroines, a climactic riot of slapstick destruction at an emergency school meeting and more. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tête-à-tête
  1. personally
  2. chat
  3. talk
Adverb
  • Beccari has personally called on Massimo Osanna, the head of national museums at Italy’s culture ministry, to ensure the location is ready on time.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
  • The Democrats alleged Krach, the Freedom 250 CEO, traveled in January to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to personally solicit foreign government officials and business leaders for money to help fund America’s birthday celebrations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of personally
Noun
  • Attorney Magdalena Gebhard, who represented a victim in a previous Berlin trial that led to a conviction, said there was an inner circle of eight perpetrators but that some of the chat groups had up to 50,000 members.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • This comes on the heels of iOS 27 beta 2, which added a dedicated Write with Siri button on the keyboard, an Insights feature in Apple Wallet, updates to iPhone-to-Android RCS chats, and more.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 8 July 2026
Definition of chat
Noun
  • Faculty activists are pressing UC to hold formal talks and speed up the timeline.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Instead of fighting with Whitney, Lindsay has a talk with Yvonne about how Lindsay ruined Yvonne’s wedding by making it all about her.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Definition of talk

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“Tête-à-tête.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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