Usage notes to reside habiter.
Floors of building in french.
It defines a floor simply as the space between two literal floors in a building so in france the space between the ground level literal floor and the next level literal floor is one floor therefore the next level is one floor of elevation or the first floor premier étage.
French translation of floor the official collins english french dictionary online.
French translation of first floor the official collins english french dictionary online.
Note that quitter must be followed by a direct object usually a room or building.
When talking about a building that has only ground floor we say bâtiment maison appartement de plain pied.
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Ground floor in france refers to floor zero.
The numbering system of the floors in a building may be difficult for american english speakers.
The french dictionary complicates this distinction.
When we say that a building has n floors it s the number of floors without ground floor so it would be n 1 in other languages.
American english british english rez de chaussée first floor ground floor.