tete-a-tete?

[light]

Hello,

what's the word for a romantic dinner with your lover (only 2 of you)?

We had a ..............dinner last night.

btw: is this french expression common?

[Anglika]

romantic! There really isn't a better word.

Yes, tete-a-tete is common, but I would not use it to describe a romantic dinner.


We dined tete-a-tete = we dined with just the two of us together, no one else there - but it could just be a friendly meeting, nothing romantic about it.

[champagne]

Originally Posted by light

Hello,

what's the word for a romantic dinner with your lover (only 2 of you)?

We had a "tête-à-tête" dinner last night.

btw: is this french expression common?

We had a tête-à-tête dinner last night.

[champagne]

We had a tête-à-tête dinner last night.

[CHOMAT]

Don't forget the little hats on the head : tête-à-tête, hyphenate the words.

[light]

thanks a lot.. how do you pronounce it ? /teyıteıt/ ? ( if only I could find those little hats on my keyboard:)

[CHOMAT]

True! in English, there is a diphthong in tête ->[ei], not in French
[teit schwa teit]

[fromatto]

Originally Posted by light

Hello,

what's the word for a romantic dinner with your lover (only 2 of you)?

We had a ..............dinner last night.

btw: is this french expression common?

Candlelit. We had a candlelit dinner last night.

The expression is very common, but it may carry both positive and negative connotations. I had a tête-à-tête with my boss today might mean that I had an argument.

[light]

I want to focus on being only 2 of us, not with a third person...

[fromatto]

Originally Posted by light

I want to focus on being only 2 of us, not with a third person...

You can say 'we had a romantic candlelit dinner'.