cohabitation
French, noun/kɔ.a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/
cohabitation is spelled C-O-H-A-B-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cohabitation is a French feminine noun meaning “cohabitation (act of living together)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cohabiter”.
What does cohabitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecohabitation (act of living together)
- 2
femininecohabitation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de cohabiter. 2. Vie commune, convivence. 3. Vie commune d'un couple marié ou vivant maritalement. 4. Coopération entre des partis politiques opposés pour assurer le gouvernement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cohabitation
- cohabitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cohabitation?
- /kɔ.a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cohabitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cohabitation in French?
cohabitation appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).