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Ready to discover all the things you need to know about the basic idiom “Un tête-à-tête”?
To be more precise, it includes a full definition of what it is and how you can use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. But wait, we also added some super useful stuff like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonyms and more!
If you want, you can also find more of these idioms explained on this page plus the ultimate directory of all our French words pages on this page. Have fun!
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.
Few examples:
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!)
