Meaning
home, residence, dwelling
- residence, dwelling, home
In a sentence
La mia abitazione è piccola ma molto comoda.
My home is small but very comfortable.
Hai già trovato un'abitazione vicino al lavoro?
Have you already found a place to live near work?
Questa abitazione non ha un balcone.
This house doesn't have a balcony.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abitazione | feminine · singular |
| abitazioni | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- More formal and bureaucratic than casa. Common in legal, real-estate, and administrative contexts.
- For your own home in everyday speech, Italians usually say casa, not abitazione.
- Often appears in fixed phrases like uso abitativo or certificato di abitabilità rather than casual conversation.