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• vis-a-vis

語源

Borrowed from French vis-à-vis (“face-to-face”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /viz.əˈvi/

前置詞

vis-à-vis

1. In relation to; compared with.

   Canada's role vis-à-vis the United States' in Afghanistan

2. Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing.

   He was seated vis-à-vis the president.

名詞

vis-à-vis (複数形 vis-à-vis)

1. (historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other.
   • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3, Penguin, published 2003, page 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

2. A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
3. One of two (または more) people facing or opposite each other.
   • 1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin, published 2005, page 456:

     But the wrath that I awaited did not descend. Instead, my young vis-à-vis merely looked melancholy.

4. A date or escort in a social event.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Daughter of the Regiment”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 136:

     That was what Miss McKenna said, and the Sergeant who was my vis-à-vis looked the same thing.

5. A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation.

   Synonym: counterpart

   I talked with my vis-à-vis in the French embassy.

形容詞

vis-à-vis (not comparable)

1. Face-to-face.
2. (numismatics, of a coin) Having two portraits facing each other.

副詞

vis-à-vis (not comparable)

1. Face to face (with another).
   • 1883, William Wallace Cook, “Aquastor”, in Overland Monthly‎^[1], page 14:

     […] turning the seat in front so we could sit vis-a-vis

2. (archaic) In a position facing a specified or implied subject.

Further reading

• Vis-à-vis (carriage) on Wikipedia.