habitable

English

Etymology

Originally derived from the Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”).

Adjective

habitable (comparative more habitable, superlative most habitable)

1. 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.

Related terms

• habitat
• inhabitable

Antonyms

• unhabitable
• uninhabitable

Translations

where humans or other animals can live

• Czech: obyvatelný (cs)
• Dutch: bewoonbaar (nl), bewoonbare (nl)
• Esperanto: enloĝebla (eo)
• Finnish: asuttava (fi), asuinkelpoinen (fi)
• German: bewohnbar (de), habitabel (de)

• Interlingua: habitabile (ia)
• Italian: abitabile (it)
• Latin: habitabilis (la)
• Romanian: locuibil (ro)
• Swedish: beboelig (sv)

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French

Etymology

From Latin habitabilis.

Adjective

habitable (masculine and feminine, plural habitables)

1. inhabitable

Antonyms

• inhabitable