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habitable
- /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/ US
- /ˈhabɪtəb(ə)l/ British, Southern, Standard
Where it comes from
From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.
adjective more habitable · 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.
- Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.
Similar: inhabitable · Opposite: unhabitable, uninhabitable
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inhabitable, livable, liveable, occupied, hospitable, living, floor, habituable, dwellable, tenable, lodgeable, occupiable, tenantable, semihabitable, lifeworthy, domesticatable
adjective
Similar: inhabitable · Opposite: unhabitable, uninhabitable
Translations
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adj where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
| Español | habitable |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | वासयोग्य vāsyogya |
| Português | habitável |
| Deutsch | bewohnbar, habitabel |
| Italiano | abitabile |
| Ελληνικά | κατοικήσιμος katoikísimos |
| Română | locuibil |
| Русский | приго́дный для жи́зни prigódnyj dlja žízni, го́дный для жилья́ gódnyj dlja žilʹjá, жило́й žilój |
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