habiter
/a.bi.te/
#1832 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to live, to reside; to inhabit
Word origin
From Latin habitare ('to dwell, to inhabit'), a frequentative of habere ('to have, to hold'). The same root gives English 'habitat' and 'inhabit'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- habitare
- English cognates
- habitat, inhabit
Grammar
Verb type-er regular (1st group)
Examples
J' .
I have lived in Paris for five years.
- ?
Where do you live now?
.
They live in a big house in the countryside.
région siècles.
This region has been inhabited for centuries.
- boulangerie.
We live above the bakery.
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