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Essential French Expression
| Meaning | as usual | |
| Literally | as from habit | |
| Register | normal | |
| Pronunciation |  |
[kum dah bee tud] |
| IPA | [kɔm da bi tyd] | |
Usage notes: You can use the French expression comme d’habitude to talk about a typical or recurring action or state of being.
Par exemple…
| Comme d’habitude, j’ai acheté trop de bière et pas assez de vin. | As usual, I bought too much beer and not enough wine. | |
| Tu peux sortir quand tu auras fini tes devoirs, comme d’habitude. | You can go out once you’ve finished your homework, as usual. |
Informal contraction: comme d’hab
| – Je suis débordé de boulot cette semaine ! | – I’m completely snowed under with work this week! | |
| – Comme d’hab, alors. | – Same as usual, then. |
Texting abbreviation: com dab
Related expression: avoir l’habitude – to be used to
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