tête-à-tête

/ˌtādəˈtāt,ˌtedəˈtet/

noun

1. a private conversation between two people.

2. an S-shaped sofa on which two people can sit face to face.

adjective

involving or happening between two people in private.

"a tête-à-tête meal"

adverb

between two people in private.

"his business was conducted tête-à-tête"