visite

visit

noun vee-ZEET Less Common

Usage Note

Visite is used for social visits (rendre visite à, to pay a visit to — note this construction takes à, not a direct object), medical consultations (une visite médicale), and tours of a place (une visite guidée, a guided tour). The verb is visiter for places, but rendre visite à for people — using visiter for a person sounds clinical or foreign.

Examples

"Nous avons reçu la visite de nos voisins."

Natural Translation

We received a visit from our neighbours.

Literal Translation

We have received the visit of our neighbors

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