tete-a-tete
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
tete-a-tete (plural tete-a-tetes)
- Alternative form of tête-à-tête
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 29:
- Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tete-a-tete was over.
- 1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter VIII, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC:
- “Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
tete-a-tete c
- Alternative form of tête-à-tête
Declension[edit]
| Declension of tete-a-tete | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tete-a-tete | tete-a-teten | tete-a-teter | tete-a-teterna |
| Genitive | tete-a-tetes | tete-a-tetens | tete-a-teters | tete-a-teternas |