à deux
prep_phrase/ɑː ˈdɜː/ · /ə ˈdɜː/
Etymology Borrowed from French à deux.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music To be played by two people.
2
Privately; one-on-one.
- It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war […](Can we date this quote?), William Manchester, The Last Lion, volume 2, page 458:
- Like their leader, none in the party spoke a word of German. Henderson, who would join them in Munich, was fluent in German, but of course he also spoke in tongues. Chamberlain and Hitler would talk à deux[…]2012 November 20, Paul Reid, William Manchester, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- folie à deux, adieu, ado