habillant, -e, adj., dressy, nice, rich.
habillé, -e, part., dressed, clothed, clad, decked out.
habillement, n.m., clothes, clothing, dress, wearing apparel, attire. — complet; complete suit of clothes.
*habiller, v.a., to dress, to clothe; to make clothes for; to wrap up; to become; to fit; (cook.) to prepare. Ce tailleur m’habille; that tailor makes my clothes, works for me. Il habille bien; he works well. Cette étoffe vous habille bien; that stuff becomes you very well. — une pensée en vers; to clothe a thought in verse. — de la volaille; to draw and truss fowls. — du poisson; to gut and scale fish. — du cuir; to dress leather.
s’habiller, v.r., to dress one’s self; to have one’s clothes made; to find one’s own clothes; to abuse each other. Cet homme s’habille bien; that man dresses well.
habilleu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (thea.) dresser; skin-dresser.
habit, n.m., garment, dress, apparel, garb; coat, dress coat. pl., clothes, wearing apparel. — bourgeois; private clothes. — complet; suit of clothes. — habillé; dress coat, full dress, evening dress. — galonné; laced-coat. — de cheval; riding-coat. —s de deuil; mourning. Porter un — râpé; to wear a shabby, seedy coat. L’— ne fait pas le moine; it is not the cowl that makes the friar; it is not the coat that makes the man. Prendre l’—; to become a monk or (of a nun) to take the veil.
habitabilité, n.f., habitableness; habitability.
habitable, adj., inhabitable, habitable.
habitacle, n.m., ☉habitation, abode, dwelling; (nav.) binnacle.