Ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about the basic French idiom "Un tête-à-tête"? More precisely, this includes a detailed guide of what it is and how to use it in a conversation with an audio example. Together with the cool things we sprinkled like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonym and more!
Translation : A one-on-one conversation
Literal meaning : A head-to-head
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IPA : / ɛ̃ tɛtəatɛt /
We use it to describe a "one-on-one" private conversation between two people. The literal meaning "A head to head" is a metaphor for two heads talking to each other.
It can be used to describe a one-on-one meeting at work, a date or just a conversation between friends.
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There is a similar expression "un face-à-face" which is similar to the English expression "A face-to-face". But this isn't exactly a synonym, since we use it more in competitive contexts, typically for sports games.
Example: "Le face-à-face entre les deux joueurs a commencé ! (The face to face between the two players started!)
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