tête-à-tête /ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/noun 3adverb 1forms 4 noun3 •A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.Fernandinho and Fernando made Yaya Touré’s absence not feel important and Mourinho became so agitated it required a tête-à-tête with Mark Clattenburg on the touchline. — 2015 •A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face, especially one that is S-shaped. •A variety of early flowering, fragrant daffodil. adverb1 •In private, between two people; head-to-head.In particular his tête-à-tête luncheons were described, to which, as it now turned out, practically every journalist listening had at one time or another been invited. — 1977 formstete a tetes · tete-a-tetes · tête à têtes · tête-à-têtes