habitable
English
Etymology
Originally derived from the Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/
Adjective
habitable (comparative more habitable, superlative most habitable)
- Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
- After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitabilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
habitable (masculine and feminine plural habitables)
- habitable, inhabitable
- Antonym: inhabitable
Related terms
- habitabilitat
Further reading
- “habitable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “habitable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “habitable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “habitable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitabilis.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.tabl/
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- “habitable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abiˈtable/, [aβiˈt̪aβle]
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Further reading
- “habitable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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