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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Vis-a-vis \Vis`-a-vis"\, n. [F., opposite, face to face.]
     1. One who, or that which, is face to face with another;
        esp., one who faces another in dancing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a
        form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that
        the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite
        sides.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Vis-a-vis \Vis`-a-vis"\, adv.
     Face to face.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Vis-a-vis \Vis`-a-vis"\, n. [F., opposite, face to face.]
     1. One who, or that which, is face to face with another;
        esp., one who faces another in dancing.
  
     2. A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a
        form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that
        the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite
        sides.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Vis-a-vis \Vis`-a-vis"\, adv.
     Face to face.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  vis-a-vis
       n 1: a person or thing having the same function or
            characteristics as another [syn: counterpart, opposite
            number]
       2: small sofa that seats two people [syn: love seat, tete-a-tete]
       adv : face-to-face; face-to-face with; "they sat vis-a-vis at the
             table"; "I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vis-a-vis
     Danish adv.
     vis-à-vis, face-to-face
     Danish prep.
     vis-à-vis, opposite, facing

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  vis-a-vis
     a.
     (alternative form of en vis-à-vis)
     adv.
     (alternative form of en vis-à-vis)
     n.
     (alternative form of en vis-à-vis)
     prep.
     (alternative form of en vis-à-vis)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  vis-a-vis
     Danish adv.
     vis-à-vis, face-to-face
     Danish prep.
     vis-à-vis, opposite, facing

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  vis-a-vis
     Danish adv.
     vis-à-vis, face-to-face
     Danish prep.
     vis-à-vis, opposite, facing

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vis-a-vis
     Tyska adv.
     visavi, mittemot
     Tyska prep.
     visavi

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Visavis /vˈiːzavˌɪs/ 
  vis-à-vis 
           Note: person sitting opposite
     Synonym: Gegenüber
  
           Note: gegenüber sitzende Person

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  vis-a-vis /vˈiːs ˈɑː vˈiːs/ 
  opposite 
     Synonym: gegenüber

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Vis-a-vis /vˌiːzɐvˈiː/
  مقابل، وجهاً لوجه، النّظير، الحنطور