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Revision as of 02:35, 9 August 2013 English Etymology From French vis-à-vis ("face-to-face"). Pronunciation - (UK) IPA: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/
- (US) IPA: /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/
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Preposition vis-à-vis - In relation to; compared with;
- Canada's role vis-à-vis the United States' in Afghanistan
- Opposite, across from, set so as to be facing.
- He was seated vis-à-vis the president.
Translations Wikipedia Noun vis-à-vis (plural vis-à-vis) - (historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other.
- 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 3, Penguin 2003, p. 188:
- there is not a greater difference between a single-horse chair and madam Pompadour's vis a vis, than betwixt a single amour, and an amour thus nobly doubled
- A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
- One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other during a formal dance, at a dinner table etc.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'The Daughter of the Regiment', Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, p. 136:
- That was what Miss McKenna said, and the Sergeant who was my vis-à-vis looked the same thing.
- A date or escort in a social event.
- Have you seen Mary's vis-à-vis before?
- A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation; a counterpart.
- I talked with my vis-à-vis in the French embassy.
Translations Adjective  Nero vis-à-vis Agrippina. vis-à-vis (not comparable) - face-to-face
- in relation to
- (numismatics, of a coin) having two portraits facing each other
Translations Adverb vis-à-vis (not comparable) - face to face (with another)
- (archaic) In a position facing a specified or implied subject.
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French Etymology vis + à + vis, vis being an obsolete word form face, replaced in Modern French by visage. Pronunciation Adverb vis-à-vis - (archaic) Facing, face-to-face.
Synonyms Noun vis-à-vis m (plural vis-à-vis) - A meeting, especially a private one.
- A position where two things face each other.
- Les maisons sont en vis-à-vis. The houses face each other.
- An equivalent.
- 1886, Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, L'Ève future, XVII. Dissection,
- Quoi de plus attristant, de plus dissolvant que l'abominable être qu'on nomme une « femme d'esprit », si ce n'est son vis-à-vis, le beau parleur ? What is worse, more dissolving than this abomination called the "spiritual woman", if not its equivalent, the "beau parleur"?
- (rare) What faces someone or something, such as a view or the person seated in front.
- (historical) A type of S-shaped couch or sofa that allows people to be seated face-to-face.
Synonyms Derived terms
German Alternative forms Etymology From French vis-à-vis ("face-to-face"). Preposition vis-à-vis - vis-à-vis
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