inhabitant
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inhabitant
- /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.
noun inhabitants · enhabitant
- Someone or thing who lives in a place. I believed it in the same way one of you might believe there are inhabitants in the planet Mars. I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.
- A possible value for a type. One way to observe this connection with mathematics is by mapping each type to its cardinality, a count of the inhabitants of that type.
Similar: inhabitant, dweller, resident, denizen
adjective enhabitant
- resident
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: inhabitant, dweller, resident, denizen
Translations
Every language
noun someone or thing who lives in a place
| Español | habitante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주민 jumin, 거주자 geojuja |
| 日本語 | 居住者 kyojūsha, 住民 jūmin |
| 中文 | 居民 jūmín, 居住者 jūzhùzhě |
| हिन्दी | निवासी nivāsī, रहनेवाला rahnevālā, वासी vāsī |
| Kiswahili | mwenyeji |
| Português | habitante |
| Français | habitant, habitante, résident, résidente |
| Deutsch | Einwohner, Einwohnerin, Bewohner, Bewohnerin |
| Italiano | abitante |
| Ελληνικά | κάτοικος kátoikos |
| Română | locuitor, locuitoare |
| Русский | жи́тель žítelʹ, жи́тельница žítelʹnica, обита́тель obitátelʹ, обита́тельница obitátelʹnica |
| Tiếng Việt | cư dân |
| العربية | سَاكِن sākin, سَاكِنَة sākina, سُكَّان sukkān, أَهْل ʔahl |
| עברית | תושב \ תּוֹשָׁב tosháv, תּוֹשֶׁבֶת \ תושבת toshévet |
Talk about this word "inhabitant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/inhabitant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. inhabitant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/inhabitant "inhabitant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/inhabitant.Cite this
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title = {inhabitant},
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