cohabiter

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English

Etymology

From cohabit +‎ -er.

Noun

cohabiter (plural cohabiters)

  1. One who cohabits; a cohabitant.
    • 1628, Thomas Hobbes (translator), Thucydides (original in Greek), History of the Peloponnesian War
      neighbours and cohabiters of the same region, encompassed by the sea, and all called by one name, Sicilians.
    Synonyms: cohabitant, cohabitee, cohabitor

References

“cohabiter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

cohabiter

  1. to cohabit, to live together

Conjugation

Conjugation of cohabiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cohabiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cohabitant
/kɔ.a.bi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cohabité
/kɔ.a.bi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cohabite
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		cohabites
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		cohabite
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		cohabitons
/kɔ.a.bi.tɔ̃/ 		cohabitez
/kɔ.a.bi.te/ 		cohabitent
/kɔ.a.bit/
imperfect cohabitais
/kɔ.a.bi.tɛ/ 		cohabitais
/kɔ.a.bi.tɛ/ 		cohabitait
/kɔ.a.bi.tɛ/ 		cohabitions
/kɔ.a.bi.tjɔ̃/ 		cohabitiez
/kɔ.a.bi.tje/ 		cohabitaient
/kɔ.a.bi.tɛ/
past historic2 cohabitai
/kɔ.a.bi.te/ 		cohabitas
/kɔ.a.bi.ta/ 		cohabita
/kɔ.a.bi.ta/ 		cohabitâmes
/kɔ.a.bi.tam/ 		cohabitâtes
/kɔ.a.bi.tat/ 		cohabitèrent
/kɔ.a.bi.tɛʁ/
future cohabiterai
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁe/ 		cohabiteras
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁa/ 		cohabitera
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁa/ 		cohabiterons
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁɔ̃/ 		cohabiterez
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁe/ 		cohabiteront
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional cohabiterais
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁɛ/ 		cohabiterais
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁɛ/ 		cohabiterait
/kɔ.a.bi.tʁɛ/ 		cohabiterions
/kɔ.a.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cohabiteriez
/kɔ.a.bi.tə.ʁje/ 		cohabiteraient
/kɔ.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 cohabite
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		cohabites
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		cohabite
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		cohabitions
/kɔ.a.bi.tjɔ̃/ 		cohabitiez
/kɔ.a.bi.tje/ 		cohabitent
/kɔ.a.bit/
imperfect2 cohabitasse
/kɔ.a.bi.tas/ 		cohabitasses
/kɔ.a.bi.tas/ 		cohabitât
/kɔ.a.bi.ta/ 		cohabitassions
/kɔ.a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		cohabitassiez
/kɔ.a.bi.ta.sje/ 		cohabitassent
/kɔ.a.bi.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cohabite
/kɔ.a.bit/ 		— cohabitons
/kɔ.a.bi.tɔ̃/ 		cohabitez
/kɔ.a.bi.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

cohabiter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cohabitō
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