Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

tête-à-tête

[teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet, te-ta-tet] / ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛt, tɛ taˈtɛt /


NOUN
small sofa
Synonyms


tete-a-tete




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

While I was there, he had an hourlong tête-à-tête with his former chief rival, Petro Poroshenko.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2024

“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2024

So few of the specifics of their tête-à-tête with Altman have become public that it’s hard to assess who’s right.

From Slate Nov. 27, 2023

I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are due to meet then, and White House officials expect to make some modest announcements as part of the tete-a-tete, but fundamental differences in the relationship will remain unchanged.

From Seattle Times Nov. 7, 2023

Lula added he liked run-offs as they provide the opportunity for a "tete-a-tete debate."

From Reuters Sep. 9, 2022

Specifically, last month, Elon Musk's Twitter tete-a-tete with the cartoonist of the popular Existential Comics series raised eyebrows, and provided a blueprint for everything a CEO shouldn't do online.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2018

Its impact was also dulled by West’s own stardom, becoming merely another gossipy chapter in their tete-a-tete.

From The Guardian Aug. 15, 2017

I hear Minou dialing, putting in a call to Doroteo, their goodnight tete-a-tete, catching up on all the little news of their separated hours.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

And it was during one of those tête-à-têtes that Infantino suggested the idea of a first annual Peace Prize.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The tête-à-têtes between Ethan and Traveler should crackle, but they feel flat.

From Salon Dec. 13, 2024

The puppeteers achieve striking emotional effects, especially with their ape’s eyes, during several tender tête-à-têtes between Kong and Pitts’ Darrow, who in this version comes to see something of herself in the chained beast.

From Slate Nov. 8, 2018

In each of these dozen pictorial tête-à-têtes, two artists share images — scores, sometimes hundreds — and the occasional brief video.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2017

She was destined to long tête-à-têtes that day; for as soon as her little party was seen in the distance, the larger company took up their line of march again.

From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Susan Warner




Vocabulary lists containing tête-à-tête


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com