déjà vu
See also: dejavu, dejavú, deja vu, déjà-vu, and Déjà-vu
English
Alternative forms
- deja vu
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dā'-zhä-vo͞oʹ, IPA(key): /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/
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Noun
déjà vu (uncountable)
- The subjective, unexpected feeling of having experienced something before, especially when that is not the case.
- Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated.
- Have I done this before? Talk about déjà vu.
Translations
something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before
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Verb
déjà vu (third-person singular simple present déjà vues, present participle déjà vuing, simple past and past participle déjà vued)
- (colloquial, intransitive) To experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before.
- 2008, Darren Lamere, Eerily Familiar:
- Still deja vuing, I said, “Jinx. You owe me a Coke.”
- 2011, Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Tenth Anniversary Edition), William Morrow 2011, p. 139:
- Trees looked familiar, moments of landscape were perfectly déjà-vued.
- 2008, Darren Lamere, Eerily Familiar:
Synonyms
- promnesia
Related terms
- jamais vu
- presque vu
- déjà vu all over again
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ʒa vy/
Audio (France) (file)
Noun
déjà vu m (plural déjà vu)
- Alternative form of déjà-vu
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- deja vu (alternative spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from French déjà vu, from déjà (“already”), + vu (“seen”), past participle of voir (“to see”).
Noun
déjà vu n
- déjà vu
References
- vu “déjà vu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- deja vu (alternative spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from French déjà vu, from déjà (“already”), + vu (“seen”), past participle of voir (“to see”).
Noun
déjà vu n
- déjà vu
References
- vu “déjà vu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French déjà-vu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ.ʐaˈvi/
- Rhymes: -avi
Noun
déjà vu n (indeclinable)
- déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before)
Further reading
- déjà vu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- déjà vu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- deja vu, dejavu
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌde.ʒaˈvu/, /ˌde.ʒaˈvi/
Noun
déjà vu m (plural déjà vus)
- déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before)