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Definition of tête-à-tête noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tête-à-tête

noun

NAmE//ˌtɛt̮ ə ˈtɛt//

, NAmE//ˌteɪt̮ ə ˈteɪt//

(from French)

a private conversation between two people There was little chance of a tête-à-tête with Peter.

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