"vis-à-vis" meaning in English

See vis-à-vis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/ [UK], /viːz.æˈviː/ [UK], /viz.ɑˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-vis-à-vis.ogg [US], en-us-vis-à-vis-2.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|vis-à-vis||face-to-face}} French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} vis-à-vis (not comparable)
  1. Face-to-face. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-adj-aHO42Mir
  2. (numismatics, of a coin) Having two portraits facing each other. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Coins
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-adj-z7yvIjNf Disambiguation of Coins: 2 23 1 4 13 10 13 2 9 5 18 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vis-a-vis

Adverb

IPA: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/ [UK], /viːz.æˈviː/ [UK], /viz.ɑˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-vis-à-vis.ogg [US], en-us-vis-à-vis-2.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|vis-à-vis||face-to-face}} French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} vis-à-vis (not comparable)
  1. Face to face (with another). Tags: not-comparable Translations (face to face): en relació a (Catalan), kasvokkain (Finnish), vastatusten (Finnish), vastakkain (Finnish), im Vergleich zu (German), gegenüber (German), in relazione a (Italian), ~에 관하여 (-e gwanhayeo) (Korean), face a face (Portuguese), cara a cara (Portuguese), друг про́тив дру́га (drug prótiv drúga) (Russian), licem u lice (Serbo-Croatian), u usporedbi s (english: (+ instrumental)) (Serbo-Croatian), en relación a (Spanish), bire bir, doğrudan doğruya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-adv-tIOAjIpR Disambiguation of 'face to face': 99 1
  2. (archaic) In a position facing a specified or implied subject. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-adv-v2TzLHgS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vis-a-vis

Noun

IPA: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/ [UK], /viːz.æˈviː/ [UK], /viz.ɑˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-vis-à-vis.ogg [US], en-us-vis-à-vis-2.ogg [US] Forms: vis-à-vis [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|vis-à-vis||face-to-face}} French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”) Head templates: {{en-noun|vis-à-vis}} vis-à-vis (plural vis-à-vis)
  1. (historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other. Tags: historical Translations (carriage for two): vis-à-vis [masculine] (French), двуко́лка (dvukólka) [feminine] (Russian), визави́ (vizaví) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-noun-Faa-WRwZ Disambiguation of 'carriage for two': 64 20 17 0 0
  2. A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-noun-EWy5v8KM
  3. One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other.
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-noun-kQsZHWhl
  4. A date or escort in a social event. Translations (date): seuralainen (Finnish), acompanhante [common-gender] (Portuguese), ухажёр (uxažór) [masculine] (Russian), кавале́р (kavalér) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-noun-2IywIQvS Disambiguation of 'date': 0 0 0 100 0
  5. A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation. Synonyms: counterpart Translations (person facing another): pari (Finnish), tanssipari (Finnish), pöytäpari (Finnish), vis-à-vis [masculine] (French), партнёр (partnjór) [masculine] (Russian), партнёрша (partnjórša) [feminine] (Russian), визави́ (vizaví) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-noun-8xvuJiQK Disambiguation of 'person facing another': 18 7 18 3 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vis-a-vis

Preposition

IPA: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/ [UK], /viːz.æˈviː/ [UK], /viz.ɑˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [US], /viz.əˈvi/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-vis-à-vis.ogg [US], en-us-vis-à-vis-2.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|vis-à-vis||face-to-face}} French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} vis-à-vis, {{en-prep}} vis-à-vis
  1. In relation to; compared with. Translations (in relation to): فِي مُوَاجَهَة (fī muwājaha) (Arabic), vůči [with-dative] (Czech), sammenlignet med (Danish), verrattuna (Finnish), suhteessa (Finnish), vis-à-vis (French), viszonylatban (Hungarian), vonatkozásában (Hungarian), vonatkozóan (Hungarian), vonatkozólag (Hungarian), illetően (Hungarian), kapcsolatban (Hungarian), képest (english: compared to) (Hungarian), in base a (Italian), vis-a-vis (Malay), vis-à-vis (Norwegian Bokmål), sammenlignet med (Norwegian Bokmål), frente a (Portuguese), defronte (Portuguese), по отноше́нию к (po otnošéniju k) [with-dative] (Russian), в отноше́нии (v otnošénii) [with-genitive] (Russian), визави́ (vizaví) [with-genitive] (Russian), visavi (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-prep-FcfIFZRY Disambiguation of 'in relation to': 95 5
  2. Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing. Categories (topical): Carriages Translations (opposite): فِي مُوَاجَهَة (fī muwājaha) (Arabic), naproti [with-dative] (Czech), overfor (Danish), modsat (Danish), tegenover (Dutch), vastapäätä (Finnish), vis-à-vis (French), gegenüber (German), vis-à-vis (German), szemben (Hungarian), szemközt (Hungarian), átellenben (Hungarian), vis-a-vis (Malay), vis-à-vis (Norwegian Bokmål), overfor (Norwegian Bokmål), rett imot (Norwegian Bokmål), naprzeciw (Polish), naprzeciwko (Polish), vis-à-vis [literally] (Polish), face a face (Portuguese), cara a cara (Portuguese), напро́тив (naprótiv) [with-genitive] (Russian), насу́против (nasúprotiv) [dated, with-genitive] (Russian), визави́ (vizaví) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vis-à-vis-en-prep-RkDJcXIA Disambiguation of Carriages: 2 14 1 4 15 12 10 3 9 5 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English prepositions, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 17 0 2 12 15 11 1 9 7 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 12 1 2 9 11 9 1 7 6 40 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 7 10 1 5 5 8 6 3 11 9 36 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 2 13 1 4 10 15 10 3 11 7 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 15 3 2 10 13 11 1 9 6 28 Disambiguation of 'opposite': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vis-a-vis

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "ipa": "/viːz.æˈviː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viz.ɑˈvi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viz.əˈvi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viz.əˈvi/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-vis-à-vis.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-us-vis-%C3%A0-vis.ogg/En-us-vis-%C3%A0-vis.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/En-us-vis-%C3%A0-vis.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-vis-à-vis-2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/En-us-vis-%C3%A0-vis-2.ogg/En-us-vis-%C3%A0-vis-2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/En-us-vis-%C3%A0-vis-2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vis-a-vis"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "en relació a"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "kasvokkain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "vastatusten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "vastakkain"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "im Vergleich zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "gegenüber"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "in relazione a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "-e gwanhayeo",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "~에 관하여"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "face a face"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "cara a cara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drug prótiv drúga",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "друг про́тив дру́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "licem u lice"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "(+ instrumental)",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "u usporedbi s"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "((+ genitive)) u vezi",
      "sense": "face to face"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "en relación a"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "face to face",
      "word": "bire bir, doğrudan doğruya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vis-à-vis"
}

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