Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presque vu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: presque vu
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A failure to remember something, with the sense that recall is imminent.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The subtle, recurring confusion between illusion and reality that was characteristic of paramnesia fascinated the chaplain, and he knew a number of things about it. He knew, for example, that it was called paramnesia, and he was interested as well in such corollary optical phenomena as jamais vu, never seen, and presque vu, almost seen."
"A psychologist might have termed it presque vu—the sense people sometimes get that something amazing is about to happen—but my name for it was much more humble: a harmony."

Etymology

Borrowed from French presque (“almost”) + vu (“seen”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: presque

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

déjà vu deja vu jamais vu tip of the tongue

Frequently Paired Words

déjà vu deja vu jamais vu tip of the tongue

Questions

What does presque vu mean?: A failure to remember something, with the sense that recall is imminent.
Where does presque vu come from?: It is traced to French.

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