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A place where people live; a residence or dwelling.
Il a cherché une nouvelle habitation après son déménagement.
He looked for a new dwelling after his move.
Used for both houses and apartments; often interchangeable with « logement ».
Legal term referring to housing, especially in statutes concerning tenant rights and building regulations.
La loi impose aux propriétaires d'assurer la décence de l'habitation.
The law requires landlords to ensure the habitability of the dwelling.
Appears in French civil code and housing regulations.
From Latin habitatio, from habitare ‘to inhabit, dwell’. The suffix -ion forms nouns indicating an action or result.
In everyday speech, « logement » is more common than « habitation ». « Habitation » is often used in formal or legal contexts.