deja vu

Wikipedia

See also déjà vu, and déjà-vu

English

Alternative forms

• déjà vu
• déjà-vu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

dé·jà vu

• enPR: dā"zhä vo͞o', IPA: /ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/, X-SAMPA: /%deIZA: "vu:/
• enPR: dEI-zha voo

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Noun

deja vu (plural deja vus)

1. A feeling of having previously experienced something, especially when that is 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 似曾相識 (cmn), 似曾相识 (cmn) (sìcéngxiāngshí), 即視感 (cmn), 即视感 (cmn) (jíshìgǎn)

• Czech: déjà vu (cs) n
• Danish: deja-vu (da)
• Filipino: muling nangyari
• Finnish: déjà-vu (fi)
• French: déjà-vu (fr) m

• German: Déjà-vu-Erlebnis (de) n
• Greek: προμνησία (el) (promnisía) , ντεζά βυ (el) (dejá vu) 
• Hebrew: דז'ה וו (he) (dezha vu)
• Icelandic: deja vu (is)
• Japanese: 既視感 (ja) (きしかん, kishikan)
• Polish: déjà vu (pl)
• Russian: дежавю (ru) (dɛžavjú) n  (indeclinable)
• Spanish: déjà vu (es) m