habitation

English

Etymology

French habiter

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%h{b.I"teI.S@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

habitation (plural habitations)

1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
2. A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:abode

Translations

the act of inhabitating

• Dutch: bewoning (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: asuminen (fi), oleskeleminen (fi)
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: tartózkodás (hu), lakás (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can

• Ido: habito (io)
• Polish: zamieszkiwanie n
• Portuguese: habitação (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh (gd) f
• Spanish: asentamiento (es) m, poblamiento (es) m, ocupación (es) f
• Ukrainian: мешкання (uk) (méškannja) n , проживання (uk) (prožyvánnja) n 

a place of abode

• Finnish: asunto (fi), asuinpaikka (fi)
• Hungarian: lakóhely (hu), tartózkodási hely (hu)
• Polish: domostwo n
• Portuguese: habitação (pt) f

• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh (gd) f, ionad-còmhnaidh (gd) m
• Spanish: morada (es) f, residencia (es) f, casa (es) f
• Ukrainian: помешкання (uk) (poméškannja) n 

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA: /a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /a.bi.ta.sjO~/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: habitations

Noun

habitation f (plural habitations)

1. dwelling (a place or house in which a person lives)
2. inhabitation (act of inhabiting)