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What (who) is à tête - definition

PAINTING BY WILLIAM HOGARTH
Marriage à-la-mode II; Marriage a-la-mode: 2. The Tete a Tete; Marriage a-la-mode II; The Tête à Tête; Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête

tete-a-tete         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tete a tete; Tete-a-tete; Tête-à-tête; Tete a Tete; Tête à tête; Tête à Tête (disambiguation); Tête à Tête; Tet-a-tet; Tête-à-Tête (disambiguation); Tête-à-Tête (album); Tête à Tête (album); Tête-à-tête (album); Tête à tête (album); Tete-a-Tete
[?t?ta't?t, ?te?t?:'te?t]
¦ noun (plural same or tete-a-tetes pronunciation same)
1. a private conversation between two people.
2. an S-shaped sofa on which two people can sit face to face.
¦ adjective & adverb involving or happening privately between two people.
Origin
C17: Fr., lit. 'head-to-head'.
Tete-a-tete         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tete a tete; Tete-a-tete; Tête-à-tête; Tete a Tete; Tête à tête; Tête à Tête (disambiguation); Tête à Tête; Tet-a-tet; Tête-à-Tête (disambiguation); Tête-à-Tête (album); Tête à Tête (album); Tête-à-tête (album); Tête à tête (album); Tete-a-Tete
·adj Private; confidential; familiar.
II. Tete-a-tete ·noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
III. Tete-a-tete ·adv Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
IV. Tete-a-tete ·noun Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
Tête-à-tête (book)         
2006 BOOK ABOUT SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR AND JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
Tete-a-tete (book)
Tête-à-tête is a 2006 non-fiction book by Hazel Rowley about the lives of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

Wikipedia

Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête

The Tête à Tête is the second canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage A-la-Mode, painted by William Hogarth.

Examples of use of à tête
1. In the following tête–à–tête, the all–rounder discusses a number of issues concerning his life, including the decision to act with Priyanka Chopra.
2. In an article published Sunday in Cubas state–run press, Castro, 82, said the one–hour meeting with his close friend Chavez will be "a great honor for me." The meeting follows a tête–à–tête between the two leftist leaders in June.