habiter

French

Etymology

From Middle French habiter, borrowed from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō.

Pronunciation
  • (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.te/
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Verb

habiter

  1. (transitive) To live in, to occupy (to have as a home.)
    L’homme habitait un appartement crasseux et sombre.
    "The man lived in a dirty, dark flat."
    Elle a habité cinq mois rue Vaubecourt, puis elle a déménagé.
    "She lived in Vaubecourt street for five months, then she moved."
  2. (intransitive) To live (in)
    Où habitez-vous ?
    "Where do you live?"
    J'habite à Paris.
    "I live in Paris."

Conjugation
Conjugation of habiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle habitant
/a.bi.tɑ̃/
past participle habité
/a.bi.te/
infinitive
simple habiter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple habitant
/a.bi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present habite
/a.bit/		 habites
/a.bit/		 habite
/a.bit/		 habitons
/a.bi.tɔ̃/		 habitez
/a.bi.te/		 habitent
/a.bit/
imperfect habitais
/a.bi.tɛ/		 habitais
/a.bi.tɛ/		 habitait
/a.bi.tɛ/		 habitions
/a.bi.tjɔ̃/		 habitiez
/a.bi.tje/		 habitaient
/a.bi.tɛ/
past historic2 habitai
/a.bi.te/		 habitas
/a.bi.ta/		 habita
/a.bi.ta/		 habitâmes
/a.bi.tam/		 habitâtes
/a.bi.tat/		 habitèrent
/a.bi.tɛʁ/
future habiterai
/a.bi.tʁe/		 habiteras
/a.bi.tʁa/		 habitera
/a.bi.tʁa/		 habiterons
/a.bi.tʁɔ̃/		 habiterez
/a.bi.tʁe/		 habiteront
/a.bi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional habiterais
/a.bi.tʁɛ/		 habiterais
/a.bi.tʁɛ/		 habiterait
/a.bi.tʁɛ/		 habiterions
/a.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 habiteriez
/a.bi.tə.ʁje/		 habiteraient
/a.bi.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present habite
/a.bit/		 habites
/a.bit/		 habite
/a.bit/		 habitions
/a.bi.tjɔ̃/		 habitiez
/a.bi.tje/		 habitent
/a.bit/
imperfect2 habitasse
/a.bi.tas/		 habitasses
/a.bi.tas/		 habitât
/a.bi.ta/		 habitassions
/a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 habitassiez
/a.bi.ta.sje/		 habitassent
/a.bi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — habite
/a.bit/		 — habitons
/a.bi.tɔ̃/		 habitez
/a.bi.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

habiter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of habito

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō.

Verb

habiter

  1. to live (in a place)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of habiter
simple compound
infinitive habiter avoir habité
gerund en habitant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle habitant
past participle habité
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present habite habites habite habitons habitez habitent
imperfect habitois, habitoys habitois, habitoys habitoit, habitoyt habitions, habityons habitiez, habityez habitoient, habitoyent
past historic habita habitas habita habitasmes habitastes habiterent
future habiterai, habiteray habiteras habitera habiterons habiterez habiteront
conditional habiterois, habiteroys habiterois, habiteroys habiteroit, habiteroyt habiterions, habiteryons habiteriez, habiteryez habiteroient, habiteroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present habite habites habite habitons habitez habitent
imperfect habitasse habitasses habitast habitassions habitassiez habitassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— habite — habitons habitez —

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