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loft

loft

noun loft Rare

Origin: English loft (upper floor)

Also means

converted apartment

Usage Note

Loft is a direct borrowing from English, referring to a large open-plan living space converted from an industrial or warehouse building; it is a fashionable urban housing concept in France. The word is invariable in spelling and takes a regular plural: des lofts.

Examples

"Ils habitent dans un grand loft parisien."

Natural Translation

They live in a large Parisian loft.

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