déjà vu en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɛjʒɑːˈvʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- dā'-zhä-vo͞oʹ
- (UK) audio
- /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu (literally “already seen”), coined by Émile Boirac in Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, 1876.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The subjective, unexpected feeling of having experienced something before, especially when that is not the case.
He had to get back. Soon. All these déjà vus were killing him.
2005, Lynn Kurland, chapter 27, in Dreams of Stardust, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 271:A few times she mentioned that she’d been having constant déjà vus. She hoped it wasn’t a symptom of a tumor or early-onset dementia.
2008, Francine Prose, chapter 4, in Goldengrove: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: HarperLuxe, →ISBN, page 83:Why did some déjà vus pattern or pulse at certain peak moments and not others?
1996, José Argüelles, “The Secret Time Sharers and the Discovery of the Pulsar Code”, in The Arcturus Probe: Tales and Reports of an Ongoing Investigation, Flagstaff, Ariz.: Light Technology Publishing, →ISBN, part one (Launching the Probe), page 11:
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(uncountable, usually) Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated.
Have I done this before? Talk about déjà vu.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deja vu | alternative | lexicographic | |
| déjà vus | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dejavu | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
presque vu · jamais vu · déjà entendu
Synonyms
Translations (38)
cmn 似曾相識 /似曾相识 (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · es déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · tr dejavü (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · sv déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ja デジャブ (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · fr déjà-vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · fa دژاوو (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ru дежавю́ (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · de Déjà-vu-Erlebnis (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ko 기시감 (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · el ντεζά βυ (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · acw ديجافو (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ja デジャヴュ (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ko 데자뷰 (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · el προμνησία (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · es dejavú (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · pt déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · nb déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · sv deja vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · az dejavü (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · nl déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ja デジャビュ (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · fi déjà-vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · is déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · pl déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · eo deĵavuo (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ja 既視感 (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · cmn 既視感 /既视感 (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ko 데자뷔 (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ja デジャヴ (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · nn déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · fi entiselämys (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · tr dejavu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · oc dejà vist (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · ar دِيجَا ڤُو (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · da deja-vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · gl xa visto (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before) · he דז׳ה וו (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before)
wikipedia: Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger