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fait ac⋅com⋅pli
[fe ta-kawn-plee] 
plural faits ac⋅com⋅plis [fe za-kawn-plee] . French.
[fe za-kawn-plee] . French. | an accomplished fact; a thing already done: The enemy's defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender. |
Origin:
1835–45
1835–45
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| fait ac·com·pli (fā'tä-kôɴ-plē', fět'ä-) n. pl. faits ac·com·plis (fā'tä-kôɴ-plē', -plēz', fět'ä-) An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact. [French : fait, fact + accompli, accomplished.] |
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fait accompli [(fayt uh-kom-plee, fet ah-kohm-plee)]
Something that has already been done: “The company president did not discuss the new hiring policy with her board of directors; instead she put it into effect and presented the board with a fait accompli.” From French, meaning “an accomplished fact.”
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fait accompli
1845, from Fr., lit. "an accomplished fact."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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