déjà vu
déjà vu · déjàs vu · déjàed vu · déjàing vu
To experience déjà vuTo experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before.
/ˌdɛjʒɑːˈvʉw/
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)To experience déjà vu; to see (something) as though having seen it before.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French déjà vu (literally “already seen”), coined by Émile BoiracUnadapted borrowing from French déjà vu (literally “already seen”), coined by Émile Boirac in Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, 1876.
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Forms
déjàs vu, déjàing vu, déjàed vu, déjàed vu| Base form | déjà vu · to déjà vu |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | déjàs vu |
| Present participle | déjàing vu |
| Past simple | déjàed vu |
| Past participle | déjàed vu |
irregular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.