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vis-à-vis
[vee-zuh-vee; Fr. vee-za-vee] 
adverb, adjective, preposition, noun, plural -vis [-veez; Fr. -vee] .–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
| 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). |
tête-à-tête
[teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet; Fr. te-ta-tet] noun, plural tête-à-têtes, French tête-à-tête, adjective, adverb –noun
| 1. | a private conversation or interview, usually between two people. |
| 2. | Also called vis-à-vis. a sofa shaped like an S so two people are able to converse face to face. |
–adjective
| 3. | of, between, or for two persons together without others. |
–adverb
| 4. | (of two persons) together in private: to sit tête-à-tête. |
Origin:
1690–1700; < F: lit., head to head
1690–1700; < F: lit., head to head
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