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🔗 In relation to 🔄 Face to face 🛋️ A two-seat sofa 👥 A counterpart
vis-à-vis

vis-à-vis

9.5
A small sofa for two people who sit facing each other
  • noun
  • /ˌviːzɑːˈviː/
  • Archaic
translation icon : sofá de dos plazas
  • The couple sat on the vis-à-vis in the drawing room, chatting quietly.

Examples

  • The hotel lobby was decorated with elegant vis-à-vis sofas for guests to relax on.

  • The vis-à-vis was upholstered in a beautiful fabric.

  • She inherited an antique vis-à-vis from her grandmother's estate.

  • They sat on the vis-à-vis in the living room.

  • The couple sat on the vis-à-vis in the drawing room, chatting quietly.

  • She inherited an antique vis-à-vis from her grandmother's estate.

  • The hotel lobby was decorated with elegant vis-à-vis sofas for guests to relax on.

Synonyms

couch
vsvis-à-vis
689 1.0

A long comfortable seat with a back and arms for several people

is smaller and specifically arranged for two facing occupants
sofa
vsvis-à-vis
257 1.0

A long comfortable seat with a back and arms for two or more people

is a small two-person piece often arranged so occupants face each other
love seat
vsvis-à-vis
  • US
10 2.7

A small sofa for two people to sit together

tends to arrange occupants facing each other rather than just seating two
tete-a-tete
vsvis-à-vis
8.7

A small sofa for two people to sit close together

is more about the facing arrangement than intimate privacy

How Comfortable

recliner
18 3.1
armchair
42 1.0
sofa
257 1.0
vis-à-vis
  • Archaic
9.5
chair
∞ 1.0
stool
95 1.0

Surface Forms

vis-à-vis singular
vis-à-vis plural

Etymology

Vis-à-vis comes from French and literally breaks down as vis 'face' + à 'to' + vis 'face', so it means 'face-to-face'. That's why a vis-à-vis is a small sofa where two people sit facing each other.