habitual
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin habitualis, from Latin habitus.
Alternative forms
- habituall (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /həˈbɪtʃuəl/, /həˈbɪtʃwəl/
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Adjective
habitual (comparative more habitual, superlative most habitual)
- Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.
- He's a habitual chain-smoker.
- Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.
- Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.
- Regular or usual.
- Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to an action performed usually, ordinarily, or customarily.
- Synonym: consuetudinal
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Translations
behaving in a regular manner, as a habit
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recurring, or that is performed over and over again
being regular or usual
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Noun
habitual (plural habituals)
- One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
- (grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.
Catalan
Further reading
- “habitual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Adjective
habitual m or f (plural habituais, comparable)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin habituālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abiˈtwal/, [aβiˈt̪wal]
Noun
habitual m (plural habituales)
- (Louisiana) beans.
- No quiero nada mas que habitual, cafe, y pan. ― I don't want anything more than beans, coffee, and bread.
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Further reading
- “habitual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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