déjà vu

See also deja vu, deja-vu, and déjà-vu

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• deja vu

Etymology

French. From déjà, “already”, + vu, “seen”, past participle of voir, “to see”

Pronunciation

• enPR: dā"zhä vo͞o', IPA: /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/, SAMPA: /%deI.ZA: "vu:/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

déjà vu (uncountable)

1. Something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before, especially when that’s not the case.

   Have I done this before? Talk about déjà vu.

Translations

Something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before

Arabic: ديجا فو (ar) (dijaa fuu, deja vu) Chinese: Mandarin: 既視感 (zh), 既视感 (zh) (jìshìgǎn), 似曾相識 (zh), 似曾相识 (zh) (sìcéngxiāngshí) Danish: deja-vu Finnish: déjà-vu (fi) French: déjà-vu (fr) German: Déjà-vu-Erlebnis n. (1) Greek: προμνησία (promnisia, promnisía) (el), ντεζά βυ Hebrew: דז'ה וו (d??? vu)

Icelandic: déjà vu Japanese: 既視感 (ja) (きしかん, kishikan), デジャヴュ (ja) (dejavyu), デジャヴ (ja) (dejavu), デジャブ (ja) (dejabu) Korean: 데자부 (ko) (dejabu), 기시감 (ko) (gisigam) (旣視感 (ko)) Polish: déjà vu Portuguese: déjà vu (pt) m. Russian: дежавю (ru) (dežavjú) n. Spanish: déjà vu m. Turkish: dejavu (tr)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /de.ʒa.vy/

• Audio (France)

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Noun

déjà vu m. inv.

1. Alternative form of déjà-vu.

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Norwegian

Etymology

French. From déjà, “already”, + vu, “seen”, past participle of voir, “to see”

Noun

déjà vu

1. déjà vu