déjà
French
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Etymology
From Middle French desia, from Old French des ja corresponding to dès + jà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ʒa/, (informal) /dʒa/
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Adverb
déjà
- already
- Je suis arrivé en retard à la gare et le train était déjà parti. ― I got to the station late and the train had already left.
- before
- As-tu déjà visité la Suisse? ― Have you visited Switzerland before?
- Il y a fort longtemps déjà, par un bel après-midi... ― A long long time ago on a beautiful afternoon...
- again (following a question)
- Quel est son nom déjà? ― What's his name again?
- for a start
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Further reading
- “déjà”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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