squatter
French, verb/skwa.te/
squatter is spelled S-Q-U-A-T-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Squatter is a French verb meaning “to squat (to occupy a building or land without permission)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habiter, être installé, de façon illégale dans un bâtiment, sur un terrain”.
What does squatter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squat (to occupy a building or land without permission)
- 2
to crash (to make temporary living arrangements)
On va squatter chez toi ou chez moi ?
- 3
to tie up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui squatte, qui occupe de façon illégale un bâtiment, un terrain. 2. Colon étasunien qui occupait illégalement une région de l'ouest des États-Unis. 3. Personne sans domicile qui occupe, sans titre, une maison ou un appartement inoccupé. 4. Personne qui occupe longtemps un lieu où elle n’est pas désirée.
verb: 1. Habiter, être installé, de façon illégale dans un bâtiment, sur un terrain. 2. S'accroupir. 3. Traîner toujours au même endroit sans but.
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 squatter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- squattant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- squatté participle past
- squatte first-person indicative present
- squattes indicative present second-person
- squattons first-person indicative plural
- squattez indicative plural present
- squattent indicative plural present
- squattais first-person imperfect indicative
- squattait imperfect indicative singular
- squattions first-person imperfect indicative
- squattiez imperfect indicative plural
- squattaient imperfect indicative plural
- squattai first-person historic indicative
- squattas historic indicative past
- squatta historic indicative past
- squattâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce squatter?
- /skwa.te/
- \skwa.tœʁ\
- \skwa.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to squatter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is squatter in French?
squatter appears 1.1 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).