habitat
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habitat
- /ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“to live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit, floruit, ignoramus, and tenet from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.
noun habitats
- Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live. This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
- A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural. rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.
- A place in which a person lives. this book is just the impetus you need to clear the clutter and reorganize your habitat.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ecosystem, ecological, ecology, species, breeding, wildlife, fauna, water, vegetation, aquatic, range, creek, environment, homes, surroundings, fish
Translations
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noun type of site where an organism naturally occurs
| Deutsch | natürlicher Lebensraum, Standort, Heimat |
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noun area distinguished by special natural features
| Deutsch | Biotop, Lebensraum, Biotopteil, Teilhabitat, Teillebensraum |
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noun natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
| Español | hábitat |
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| 한국어 | 서식지 seosikji |
| 日本語 | 生息地 seisokuchi |
| 中文 | 棲息地 /栖息地 qīxīdì PRC, qīxídì Taiwan |
| हिन्दी | वास vās |
| Português | habitat |
| Français | habitat |
| Deutsch | Habitat, Lebensbedingungen, Lebensraum |
| Italiano | habitat |
| Română | habitat |
| Русский | среда́ обита́ния sredá obitánija |
| العربية | مَوْطِن mawṭin |
Talk about this word "habitat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/habitat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. habitat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/habitat "habitat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/habitat.Cite this
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