• n. 促膝談心；兩人間的私下談話
• adj. 兩人私下的；面對(duì)面的
• adv. 面對(duì)面地；兩人私下地

來自法語 tete-a-tete,頭對(duì)頭，來自古法語 teste,頭，詞源同 test,陶罐，檢驗(yàn)，俚語義頭。

tete-a-tete (n.)

"a private meeting," from French tête-à-tête, literally "head-to-head," from Old French teste "head" (see tete). The adjective, "private, confidential, with none present but the persons concerned" is recorded from 1728; as an adverb from 1790.