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/, X-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 (cmn), 既视感 (cmn) (jìshìgǎn), 似曾相識 (cmn), 似曾相识 (cmn) (sìcéngxiāngshí)

• Danish: deja-vu
• Dutch: déjà vu (nl)
• Finnish: déjà-vu (fi)
• French: déjà-vu (fr)
• German: Déjà-vu-Erlebnis n (1)
• Greek: προμνησία (promnisia, promnisía), 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 (invariable)

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