"déjà vu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/ Audio: en-uk-dejavu.ogg [UK], En-us-deja vu.ogg [US] Forms: déjà vus [plural]
enPR: dā'-zhä-vo͞oʹ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|déjà-vu|déjà vu}} Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+|nolinkhead=1}} déjà vu (usually uncountable, plural déjà vus)
  1. The subjective, unexpected feeling of having experienced something before, especially when that is not the case. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Memory Translations (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before): دِيجَا ڤُو (deja vū) (Arabic), ديجافو (dējāfū, dējāvū) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), 既視感 (Chinese Mandarin), 既视感 (jìshìgǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 似曾相識 (Chinese Mandarin), 似曾相识 (sìcéngxiāngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), deja-vu (Danish), déjà vu (Dutch), deĵavuo (Esperanto), déjà-vu (Finnish), entiselämys (Finnish), déjà-vu (French), xa visto (Galician), Déjà-vu-Erlebnis [neuter] (German), προμνησία (promnisía) (Greek), ντεζά βυ (ntezá vy) (Greek), דז'ה וו (english: deja vu) (Hebrew), déjà vu (Icelandic), 既視感 (kishikan) (alt: きしかん) (Japanese), デジャヴュ (dejavyu) (Japanese), デジャヴ (dejavu) (Japanese), デジャブ (dejabu) (Japanese), デジャビュ (dejabyu) (Japanese), 데자뷔 (dejabwi) (Korean), 기시감 (gisigam) (alt: 旣視感) (Korean), déjà vu (Norwegian Bokmål), déjà vu (Norwegian Nynorsk), dejà vist [masculine] (Occitan), دژاوو (dežâvu) (Persian), déjà vu [neuter] (Polish), déjà vu [masculine] (Portuguese), дежавю́ (dežavjú) [neuter] (Russian), déjà vu [masculine] (Spanish), déjà vu (Swedish), deja vu (Swedish), dejavu (Turkish), dejavü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-déjà_vu-en-noun-XuZoF3IJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 25 33 Disambiguation of 'something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before': 58 42
  2. Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-déjà_vu-en-noun-9vbS31ub
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: promnesia Related terms: jamais vu, presque vu, déjà vu all over again

Verb

IPA: /ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/ Audio: en-uk-dejavu.ogg [UK], En-us-deja vu.ogg [US] Forms: déjà vues [present, singular, third-person], déjà vuing [participle, present], déjà vued [participle, past], déjà vued [past]
enPR: dā'-zhä-vo͞oʹ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|déjà-vu|déjà vu}} Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu Head templates: {{en-verb|~es|+|+}} déjà vu (third-person singular simple present déjà vues, present participle déjà vuing, simple past and past participle déjà vued)
  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Synonyms: deja vu
    Sense id: en-déjà_vu-en-verb-8mCEwMNf

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    {
      "enpr": "dā'-zhä-vo͞oʹ"
    }
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    {
      "word": "promnesia"
    },
    {
      "word": "deja vu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "deja vū",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "دِيجَا ڤُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dējāfū, dējāvū",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ديجافو"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "既視感"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìshìgǎn",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "既视感"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "似曾相識"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìcéngxiāngshí",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "似曾相识"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "deja-vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "deĵavuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà-vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "entiselämys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà-vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "xa visto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Déjà-vu-Erlebnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "promnisía",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "προμνησία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntezá vy",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "ντεζά βυ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "english": "deja vu",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "דז'ה וו"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きしかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kishikan",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "既視感"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dejavyu",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "デジャヴュ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dejavu",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "デジャヴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dejabu",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "デジャブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dejabyu",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "デジャビュ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dejabwi",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "데자뷔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旣視感",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gisigam",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "기시감"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dejà vist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dežâvu",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "دژاوو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dežavjú",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дежавю́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "déjà vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "deja vu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "dejavu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before",
      "word": "dejavü"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "déjà vu"
  ],
  "word": "déjà vu"
}

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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Darren Lamere, Eerily Familiar",
          "text": "Still deja vuing, I said, “Jinx. You owe me a Coke.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Tenth Anniversary Edition), William Morrow 2011, p. 139",
          "text": "Trees looked familiar, moments of landscape were perfectly déjà-vued."
        }
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        "To experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before."
      ],
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        "(colloquial, intransitive) To experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before."
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      "ipa": "/ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/"
    },
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      "enpr": "dā'-zhä-vo͞oʹ"
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    {
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