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There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.
Mitch Landrieu

Meaning of "fait accompli" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAIT ACCOMPLI

Literally: accomplished fact.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FAIT ACCOMPLI

fait accompli  [fɛt akɔ̃pli] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAIT ACCOMPLI

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fait accompli is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAIT ACCOMPLI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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List of French words and phrases used by English speakers

Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, competition, force, machine, money, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other anglicized French words. These are pronounced according to English rules of phonology, rather than French. Around 28% of English vocabulary is of French or Oïl language origin, most derived from, or transmitted by, the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English. This article, however, covers words and phrases that generally entered the lexicon later, as through literature, the arts, diplomacy, and other cultural exchanges not involving conquests. As such, they have not lost their character as Gallicisms, or words that seem unmistakably foreign and "French" to an English speaker.

Definition of fait accompli in the English dictionary

The definition of fait accompli in the dictionary is something already done and beyond alteration.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAIT ACCOMPLI

faites vos jeux
faith
faith community
faith hate
faith healer
faith healing
faith school
faith-hate
faithcure
faithed
faither
faithful
faithfully
faithfulness
faithing
faithless
faithlessly
faithlessness
faithworthiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAIT ACCOMPLI

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Holi
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Synonyms and antonyms of fait accompli in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fait accompli» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAIT ACCOMPLI

Find out the translation of fait accompli to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fait accompli from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fait accompli» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

既成事实
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hecho consumado
570 millions of speakers

English

fait accompli
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हुआ बात
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أمرا واقعا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свершившимся фактом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fato consumado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্পন্ন কার্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fait accompli
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fait accompli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vor vollendete Tatsachen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

既成事実
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기정 사실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapan kudu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

việc đã rồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செய்து முடிக்கப்பட்ட செயல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फायएट पूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fait accompli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fatto compiuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

faktem dokonanym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доконаним фактом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fait accompli
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τετελεσμένο γεγονός
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

voldonge feit
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

fullbordat faktum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fait accompli
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fait accompli

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIT ACCOMPLI»

The term «fait accompli» is regularly used and occupies the 101.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIT ACCOMPLI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fait accompli» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fait accompli» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fait accompli

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2 QUOTES WITH «FAIT ACCOMPLI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fait accompli.
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Mitch Landrieu
There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.
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Jeremy Rifkin
One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAIT ACCOMPLI»

Discover the use of fait accompli in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fait accompli and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fait accompli
Poetry. Nick Piombino's FAIT ACCOMPLI, a journal within a journal, is a selection from the first three months, mid-February through mid-May, 2003, of Piombino's continuing weblog (nickpiombino.blogspot.com).
Nick Piombino, Gary Sullivan, 2007
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PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide
You might see the term fait accompli show up on the exam. Fait accompli tactics are used during contract negotiation when one party tries to convince the other party discussing a particular contract item that it is no longer an issue. It can be a  ...
Kim Heldman, 2009
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Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict
When the offense dominates, states are more drawn to fait accompli diplomacy, 50 and faits accomplis are more likely to cause war. Thus offense dominance increases both the number of faits accomplis and the danger that each raises.
Stephen Van Evera, 1999
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PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide
Failure costs are also known as cost of poor quality. fait accompli Fait accompli happens during contract negotiation when one party tries to convince the other party that a particular contract element is no longer an issue. It's a distraction ...
Kim Heldman, Vanina Mangano, 2011
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The Psychology of Jealousy and Envy
Cases of fait accompli jealousy, on the other hand, are characterized by more longing for what another has, and by more guilt about ill will toward others, both of which are symptoms of the envy that is often a component of this type of jealousy.
Peter Salovey, 1991
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Negotiation: Methodology and Training
Fait accompli The fait accompli tactic is relatively unknown to business men but well known to diplomats. Argentina's occupation of the Falk- lands placed them in a strong negotiating position. Without the occupation, Britain would not have ...
L. J. Nieuwmeijer, 1992
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Offense, Defense, and War
F: FAITS ACCOMPLIS ARE MORE COMMON AND MORE DANGEROUS When conquest is easy, states adopt more dangerous diplomatic tactics — specifically, fait accompli tactics — and these tactics are more likely to cause war.
Brown
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War, Strategy, and Intelligence
... forced Israel to bypass the Geneva conference and make greater concessions. 7 A fait accompli is usually denned as any unilateral act (which can involve either a major or minor surprise) taken by one state against the interests of another.
Michael I. Handel, 1989
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Theories of War and Peace: An International Security Reader
F: FAITS ACCOMPLIS ARE MORE COMMON AND MORE DANGEROUS When conquest is easy, states adopt more dangerous diplomatic tactics — specifically, fait accompli tactics — and these tactics are more likely to cause war.
Michael E. Brown, 1998
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Conceptual Odysseys: Passages to Cultural Analysis
Agency, in fact, tends to be seen as a gradual process of coming to accept a fait accompli, and learning to mobilize it.3" If one treats the diasporic situation that produces hybridity as a fait accompli, then one forecloses the question of what ...
Griselda Pollock, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAIT ACCOMPLI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fait accompli is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fait accompli? Most NLUs steamroll on with CLAT admissions …
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 admission process was closed on Tuesday before the Bombay high court order that could ... «Legally India, Jul 15»
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First Read: Jeb Bush's Very Good Month
Jeb a fait accompli? Here's a final point to make about Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush: Is a general election featuring the two becoming a fait ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
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Ryanair to sell its Aer Lingus stake to IAG following board approval
The move makes the €1.4bn offer from IAG for Aer Lingus more likely but it not a fait accompli yet and needs more approval.. Ryanair's stake in ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Greece crisis: PM submits revised reform proposals to Eurozone …
“Greece is not facing execution, it is not ready to accept any fait accompli,” he said. Poll loading … Did you know Mirror Politics now has a ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
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What Is Putin's Real Motive Behind €2bn Gas Pipeline Deal …
Greece is not, under threat of execution, ready to accept any fait accompli.” The combative rhetoric did not surprise analysts of Greek politics. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Making sense of the news 70 years after the end of the second world …
Without US support, Chiang had no choice but to accept the fait accompli. The man felt deeply insulted, as indicated in his diary made public ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
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ANLCA Sues Transport Ministry, CRFFN
... they would continue to forcefully collect the fees from members illegitimately and a situation of a fait accompli will be foisted on the court. «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
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Confessions of a proud, recovering Southerner: 'We should have …
Whatever the flag symbolizes today, it is a fait accompli. We can't change it, and we will never agree on it. That brings me to the Confederate ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
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Chuckery: Ranking The SEC Starting QB's For This Season
Georgia: Bryce Ramsey… After ending last season as the bowl game starter this seemed a fait accompli but then Greyson Lambert transferred ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Did Saudis bankroll 9/11 attacks?
But the Bush administration stonewalled the release of the 838-page report until mid-2003 — after its invasion of Iraq was a fait accompli — and ... «Daily Record, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fait accompli [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fait-accompli>. Apr 2024 ».
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