Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Vis-a-vis

Vis-a-vis , noun

[French, opposite, face to face.]

1.
One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.
2.
A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.

Vis-a-vis , adverb

Face to face.