habitacle
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English habitacle, from Middle French habitacle, from Latin habitāculum (“dwelling place”). See binnacle, habit (verb), inhabit.
Noun
edithabitacle (plural habitacles)
- (obsolete) A dwelling or habitation.
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Trivia
editThe Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has (under various names) been the ultimate governing body for most motorsport worldwide, since it was formed with that intention by international agreement in 1904. The primary language for the worldwide regulations is therefore French, which is then translated into other languages. The overarching document is the FIA Code Sportif International (International Sporting Code) and its many appendices. The French originals mention, on several occasions, for both single-seater racing cars and conventional cars, a vehicle's habitacle. As you can seen below, that French word includes the automotive sense of passenger compartment. However, for a long period in the late 20th century, they translated it to the English habitacle which, as you can see above, does not. (And if any non-FIA publications have used it in that sense, that has not yet been noticed by Wiktionarians, so since the usage appears to be by one "author" only, in one set of documents, it doesn't qualify for a formal definition here.) As of 2024, the FIA now translate the French habitacle as cockpit, which is the most appropriate word for single-seat racers, and is at least understandable for conventional vehicles.
Catalan
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Late Latin habitāculum. Doublet of bitàcola.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈta.klə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.biˈta.klə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.biˈta.kle]
Noun
edithabitacle m (plural habitacles)
- dwelling, abode
- 2022, Maria Carme Roca i Costa, Katalepsis:
- Només sé que han estat els cabrons de l'Alexis i l'Edu que m'han entaforat en un habitacle petitíssim on no em puc ni moure.
- I only know that it was those bastards Alexi and Edu who crammed me into a tiny abode where I can't even move.
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editFurther reading
edit- “habitacle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “habitacle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin habitāculum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithabitacle m (plural habitacles)
- (literary) habitation, dwelling
- (nautical) binnacle
- (aviation, motor racing) cockpit
- (automotive) passenger compartment
Further reading
edit- “habitacle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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