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immeuble

apartment building

noun ee-MUH-bluh Less Common

Usage Note

immeuble refers to a multi-storey residential or office building, not a free-standing house (maison). The word is also the legal term for 'real property' (immovable asset). Un immeuble de bureaux is an office block; un immeuble d'habitation is a residential building.

Examples

"Elle habite au troisième étage de l'immeuble."

Natural Translation

She lives on the third floor of the building.

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