What does habitat in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word habitat in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use habitat in French.

The word habitat in French means accommodation, environment, habitat, live, live in, occupy, preoccupy, obsess, group of individual houses, group of individual homes, social housing. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word habitat

accommodation

nom masculin (type d'habitation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le locatif est l'habitat le plus répandu.
Rentals are the most common type of accommodation.

environment

nom masculin (milieu d'habitation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'habitat rural est en renouveau.
The rural environment is in the process of renewal.

habitat

nom masculin (environnement naturel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'habitat des lions est la savane. Les égouts sont l'habitat préféré des rats.
The habitat of lions is the savannah. Sewers are the favoured habitat of rats.

live

verbe intransitif (demeurer)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
J'habite à la campagne.
I live in the countryside.

live in

verbe transitif (avoir domicile) (area)

Maintenant, il habite la province.
He now lives in the provinces.

occupy, preoccupy, obsess

verbe transitif (figuré (obséder)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Une passion pour la musique l'habite depuis peu.
Recently, he has been obsessed by a passion for music.

group of individual houses, group of individual homes

nom masculin (lotissement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

social housing

nom masculin (logement modeste)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Une zone d'habitats sociaux va être construite à l'entrée du village.
An area of social housing is going to be built at the entrance to the village.

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