All about the French sentence "Comme d'habitude"

Get prepared to find out everything you need to know about the basic French phrase "Comme d'habitude". More precisely, it includes a full explanation of what it is and how you can use it in a casual conversation with an audio example.In addition, we also added some useful things like slow pronunciation audio, dialogue example, synonyms and more!

English translation

Translation : As usual
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Pronunciation guide

Slow

Normal

IPA : / kɔm dabityd /

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Comme d'habitude meaning

Definition

The literal meaning is:

Comme → As / Like
d'habitude → usual

The French expression "comme d'habitude" is used typically when talking about something that happens regularly or something that isn't surprising. It's translated as "as usual" in English and has a very similar usage.

How to use it

You can use it at the beginning or at the end of your sentence:

Comme d'habitude, je suis en retard. → As usual, I'm late.
Je suis en retard. Comme d'habitude → I'm late. As usual.

But you can also use it as an interjection during a conversation to show that you are not surprised, that it's usual:

Il est arrivé en retard. → He was late.
Comme d'habitude. → As usual.

And for all these cases, you can shorten it informally as "comme d'hab" to make it shorter and easier to use.

Synonyms

Comme d'hab → As usual (Informal)
Comme toujours → As always
À chaque fois c'est pareil → Every time it's the same
C'est toujours la même chose → It's always the same thing
Comme à l'accoutumée → As usual (Formal)

Example in a dialogue

Dialogue

J'ai un petit creux, et toi ?

I am a little hungry, and you?

Non j'ai trop mangé, mais j'ai soif

No, I ate too much, but I'm thirsty

Comme d'habitude...

As usual...