déjà-vu

See also: dejavu, dejavú, deja vu, déjà vu, and Déjà-vu

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French déjà-vu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeʒɑʋu/, [ˈde̞ʒɑ̝ʋu]

Noun

déjà-vu

1. déjà vu

   Synonym: entiselämys

Declension

Difficult to inflect; often affixed with kokemus, e.g. genitive singular déjà-vu-kokemuksen.

French

Etymology

Univerbation of déjà (“already”) +‎ vu (“seen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ʒa.vy/

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Noun

déjà-vu m (plural déjà-vu)

1. déjà vu

Descendants

• → English: déjà vu, deja vu
• → Esperanto: deĵavuo
• → German: Déjà-vu
• → Hijazi Arabic: ديجافو (dējāvū)
• → Persian: دژاوو (dežâvu), دژا وو (dežâ vu)
• → Polish: déjà vu
• → Portuguese: déjà vu
• → Russian: дежавю́ (dežavjú)
• → Spanish: dejavú
• → Turkish: dejavu