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No. 10,106 in French

habillent

"Habillent" means "dress" or "are dressing" (referring to they/them).

In a sentence

  • Les enfants s'habillent rapidement avant de sortir.

    The children get dressed quickly before going out.

    In this sentence, 's'habillent' is used reflexively to indicate that the children are dressing themselves.

  • Ils habillent la poupée avec une tenue colorée.

    They dress the doll in colorful clothing.

    Here, 'habillent' is used transitively to mean dressing someone or something else, in this case, the doll.

  • Tous les acteurs s'habillent dans leurs costumes avant la pièce.

    All the actors dress themselves in their costumes before the play.

    In this example, 's'habillent' again takes on a reflexive usage, where the actors are putting on their costumes themselves.

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