vis-à-vis
/viz.ɑˈvi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
prep
Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing.
noun
A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
noun
A date or escort in a social event.
noun
A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation.
adj
Example Sentences
- "Canada's role vis-à-vis the United States' in Afghanistan"
- "Bet She'an, Bet Guvrin and Kefar Zemah were originally considered part of Eretz Yisrael vis-à-vis tithing, but Rabbi Judah the Prince excluded them from Eretz Yisrael when the Jewish population shrank."
- "We have identified an miR-1246 target site in the noncoding region of F8 mRNA and were able to confirm the suppressory role of hsa-miR-1246 on F8 expression in a stable lymphoblastoid cell line expressing FVIII. These findings suggest several testable hypotheses vis-à-vis the role of nc-RNAs in the regulation of F8 expression."
- "He was seated vis-à-vis the president."
- "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"
- "But the wrath that I awaited did not descend. Instead, my young vis-à-vis merely looked melancholy."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /viz.ɑˈvi/
- British English: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/