habitant

English

Noun

habitant (plural habitants)

1. (Canada) a member of habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies
2. (archaic) Inhabitant, dweller.
   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

     Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping,

     Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!

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Catalan

Noun

habitant m (plural habitants)

1. inhabitant

Verb

habitant

1. Present participle of habitar.

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)}IPA: /a.bi.tɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /a.bi.tA~/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃
• Homophone: habitants

Noun

habitant m (plural habitants)

1. An inhabitant of some place.
2. (Quebec, pejorative) Someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward.
3. (Quebec, dated or pejorative) Anybody from a rural or recently colonized area.
4. (Canada, historical) A member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.

Usage notes

• Although the term originates as legitimate to describe early French colonists and French Canadian farmers, it has now taken a strong pejorative aspect in Quebec French, and using it without an explicit location would be perceived as pejorative.

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Latin

Verb

habitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of habito

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Middle French

Noun

habitant m (plural habitans)

1. inhabitant; dweller

Descendants

• French: habitant