déjà vu
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déjà vu
- /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/
- /ˌdɛjʒɑːˈvʉw/ British, Southern, Standard
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu (literally “already seen”), coined by Émile Boirac in Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, 1876.
noun déjà vus · deja vu · dejavu
- The subjective, unexpected feeling of having experienced something before, especially when that is not the case. Why did some déjà vus pattern or pulse at certain peak moments and not others?
- Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated. Have I done this before? Talk about déjà vu.
Similar: promnesia
verb déjà vues · déjà vuing · déjà vued · deja vu · dejavu
- To experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before. Still deja vuing, I said, “Jinx. You owe me a Coke.”
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: promnesia
Translations
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noun something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before
| Español | déjà vu, dejavú |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 데자뷔 dejabwi, 데자뷰 dejabyu, 기시감 gisigam |
| 日本語 | 既視感 kishikan, デジャヴュ dejavyu, デジャヴ dejavu, デジャブ dejabu, デジャビュ dejabyu |
| 中文 | 既視感 /既视感 jìshìgǎn, 似曾相識 /似曾相识 sìcéngxiāngshí |
| Português | déjà vu |
| Français | déjà-vu |
| Deutsch | Déjà-vu-Erlebnis |
| Ελληνικά | προμνησία promnisía, ντεζά βυ ntezá vy |
| Русский | дежавю́ dežavjú |
| العربية | دِيجَا ڤُو deja vū, رُئِيَ قَبْلُ ruʔiya qablu |
| עברית | דז׳ה וו |
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title = {déjà vu},
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