# tête-à-tête

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/

## Definitions
1. A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
2. A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face, especially one that is S-shaped.
3. A variety of early flowering, fragrant daffodil.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French tête-à-tête (“head-to-head”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tete-a-tete