vis-à-vis de

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vis-à-vis de

  1. opposite
    C’est vis-à-vis de la piscine.It's opposite the swimming-pool.
    • 1854, Stendhal, Le Rouge et le Noir [The Red and the Black], Michel Lévy frères:
      Presque en même temps, il aperçut une jeune personne, extrêmement blonde et fort bien faite, qui vint s’asseoir vis-à-vis de lui.
      Almost at the same time, he glimpsed a young person, extremely blonde and very shapely, who came and sat down opposite him.
  2. regarding, vis-à-vis