condo

condo, condominium

noun KON-doh Rare

Origin: Short for English/North American 'condominium'

Usage Note

Condo is a loanword used mainly in Canadian French (Québec) and informal metropolitan French to mean a privately owned apartment in a shared building. In France, the standard equivalent is appartement en copropriété; condo carries a distinctly North American flavour and may sound informal or foreign to European French speakers.

Examples

"Ils ont acheté un condo en ville."

Natural Translation

They bought a condo in the city.

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