fait accompli

Etymology
Borrowed from, from +.

Noun

 * 1) An accomplished fact, something that has already occurred.

Usage notes
Often said of something irreversible and/or performed without going through standard procedure, completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it.

Translations

 * Arabic: أمر واقع
 * Azerbaijani: baş tutmuş fakt
 * Bulgarian: свършен факт
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fait accompli
 * Dutch: voldongen feit
 * Finnish: tapahtunut tosiasia
 * French:
 * German: vollendete Tatsache,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: עובדה מוגמרת, מעשה עשוי
 * Hungarian: kész helyzet
 * Icelandic: orðinn hlutur, búið og gert
 * Italian: fatto compiuto
 * Japanese:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Persian: عمل انجام‌شده
 * Polish: fakt dokonany
 * Portuguese:, fait accompli
 * Russian: сверши́вшийся факт,
 * Spanish: hecho consumado
 * Swedish: fullbordat faktum
 * Thai: เรื่องที่ยุติแล้ว
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: доконаний факт

Noun

 * a, a done deal

Usage notes

 * Most often used in the expression “placer/mettre quelqu’un devant le fait accompli” meaning “to present somebody with a fait accompli”.

Noun

 * 1)  an established fact