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Déjà vu: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Déjà vu noun. The eerie feeling that you have already lived through the present moment.
How to say it
day-zhah VOO/ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/
3 syllables, stressed on the third (VOO).
Déjà vu in a sentence
Walking into the hotel gave me déjà vu, though I'd never been to Porto.
Another rail strike on a bank holiday? It's déjà vu all over again.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- sense of familiarity
- echo
Where déjà vu comes from
French for already seen.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Another rail strike on a bank holiday? It's _____ all over again.
- doppelgänger
- bête noire
- déjà vu
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déjà vu: Another rail strike on a bank holiday? It's déjà vu all over again.