tete-a-tete

tete-a-tete (plural tete-a-tetes)

1. 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.”

tete-a-tete c

1. alternative form of tête-à-tête

• tete-a-tete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tete-a-tete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tete-a-tete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)