d-ej-a-vu

Noun

(uncountable)

Something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before, especially when that’s not the case.
Have I done this before? Talk about déjà vu.

Origin

Borrowing from French. From déjà, “already”, + vu, “seen”, past participle of voir, “to see”

See also: deja vu

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