vis-a-vis

adverb

1. face to face: They sat vis-à-vis at the table.

adjective

2. face-to-face: a vis-à-vis encounter.
3. Numismatics. (of a coin) having two portraits facing each other.

preposition

4. in relation to; compared with: income vis-à-vis expenditures.
5. facing; opposite: They were now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre.

noun, plural vis-à-vis [vee-zuh–veez; French vee-za–vee] /ˌvi zəˈviz; French vi zaˈvi/.

6. a person face to face with or situated opposite to another: He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis.
7. a date at a social affair: She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess.
8. a person of equal authority, rank, or the like: my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office.
9. a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face.
10. Furniture. tête-à-tête(def 2).

preposition

1. in relation to; regarding
2. face to face with; opposite

adverb, adjective

3. face to face; opposite

noun plural vis-à-vis

4. a person or thing that is situated opposite to another
5. a person who corresponds to another in office, capacity, etc; counterpart
6. an upholstered sofa; tête-à-tête
7. a type of horse-drawn carriage in which the passengers sit opposite one another
8. a coin having an obverse upon which two portraits appear facing each other

1753, from French prepositional use of the adj. vis-à-vis “face to face,” from Old French vis “face” (see visage).

Relative to; compared with: “She performed well vis-à-vis the rest of the competitors.”