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Where does “тет-а-тет” come from?

тет-а-тет (Russian) comes from French tête-à-tête — tête-à-tête, head-to-head.

тет-а-тет (Russian): tête-à-tête, face to face; tête-à-tête

Definitions

  1. tête-à-tête, face to face; tête-à-tête

Ancestry of “тет-а-тет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtête-à-têtetête-à-tête, head-to-head
Every word from French tête-à-tête →