vis-à-vis

== English == === Alternative forms === vis-a-vis === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/ (US) IPA(key): /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/ (Canada) IPA(key): /viz.əˈvi/ , === Preposition === vis-à-vis In relation to; compared with. Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vis-à-vis (plural vis-à-vis) (historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other. 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. A date or escort in a social event. A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation. Synonym: counterpart ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === vis-à-vis (not comparable) Face-to-face. (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. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Vis-à-vis (carriage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Adverb === vis-à-vis alternative spelling of vis-a-vis == French == === Etymology === From Old French vis +‎ à +‎ vis, vis m being an obsolete word for “face”, replaced in Modern French by visage m. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.za.vi/ === Adverb === vis-à-vis (archaic) Facing, face-to-face Synonym: face à face === Noun === vis-à-vis m (invariable) a meeting, especially a private one Synonym: tête-à-tête m a position where two things face each other an equivalent Synonym: homologue m or f by sense 1886, Auguste de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, L'Ève future, XVII. Dissection a counterpart on the opposing side, interlocutor, negotiation partner (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 ==== Derived terms ==== vis-à-vis de ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: vis-a-vis → English: vis-à-vis → German: vis-à-vis → Swedish: visavi === Further reading === “vis-à-vis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Alternative forms === vis-a-vis === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vizaˈviː/ (Germany) IPA(key): /visaˈviː/, [z̥a-] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) === Preposition === vis-à-vis [with dative] (literary, dated outside Austria and Switzerland) vis-à-vis Synonym: gegenüber === Further reading === “vis-à-vis” in Duden online “vis-à-vis”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German) == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === vis-à-vis vis-à-vis, face to face Synonym: berhadap-hadapan === Preposition === vis-à-vis vis-à-vis, in relation to Synonym: terhadap about Synonym: mengenai === Further reading === “vis-à-vis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /viˈza.vi/ Rhymes: -avi Syllabification: vis-‧à-‧vis === Preposition === vis-à-vis (+ genitive) opposite (across from) Synonyms: naprzeciw, naprzeciwko === Further reading === “vis-à-vis”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “vis-à-vis”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish)