French word

reloger

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁəloʒe/

Meaning

  • verbrehouse

Example

La mairie va reloger les familles sinistrées.

The town hall will rehouse families affected by the disaster.

Illustration for reloger (rehouse)

More examples

Après les inondations, l'association a aidé les familles à se reloger.

After the floods, the association helped the families move to new homes.

Core concept

A person transferred from an unlivable home into a new place to live.

Common phrases

  • reloger les sinistrés

    rehouse the disaster victims

  • se reloger

    move to a new home

  • reloger des personnes dans un gymnase

    rehouse people in a gymnasium

Similar words

déménager: Move to a different home or residence.
héberger: Temporarily provide someone with a place to stay.
loger: Provide someone with a place to live.
installer: Settle someone in a particular place.

Definition in French

Donner ou attribuer un logement de remplacement à quelqu'un, souvent après un sinistre ou une expulsion.

Word origin

Reloger combines the prefix re- with loger, which comes from Old French logier and means to provide lodging again.

Usage tips

  • Reloger usually takes a person or family as its direct object, whereas déménager generally describes the occupants moving themselves.

Other meanings

  • relocateverb
  • resettleverb

Opposites

Related words

  • relogementrehousingnoun
  • relogérehousedadjective

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