habitacle

English

Etymology

French habitacle dwelling place, binnacle, Latin habitaculum (dwelling place). See binnacle, habit (verb), inhabit.

Noun

habitacle (plural habitacles)

  1. (obsolete) A dwelling or habitation.

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from ecclesiastical Latin habitaculum.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.takl/

Noun

habitacle m (plural habitacles)

  1. (literary) habitation, dwelling
  2. (nautical) binnacle
  3. (aviation) cockpit
  4. interior (of a car)

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