inhabit

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English

Alternative forms

• enhabit

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -æbɪt

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare)

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

1. (transitive) To live or reside in some place
   • the Inuit inhabit the Arctic
2. (transitive) To be present in or fill some place
   • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind

Related terms

• inhabitant

Derived terms

• inhabitable

Translations

to live or reside in some place

• Catalan: habitar (ca)
• Czech: obývat (cs)
• Finnish: asuttaa (fi)
• Greek: κατοικώ (el) (katoikó), ενοικώ (el) (enoikó)
• Korean: 거주하다 (ko)
• Latin: possideo (la), habito (la)

• Macedonian: живее (mk) (žívee), престојува (mk) (prestójuva)
• Polish: zamieszkiwać (pl)
• Portuguese: habitar (pt), morar (pt), viver (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaich (gd), àitich (gd)
• Swedish: bebo (sv), befolka (sv)

to be present in some place

• Catalan: habitar (ca)
• Finnish: täyttää (fi)
• Greek: κατοικώ (el) (katoikó)

• Latin: possideo (la)
• Polish: zajmować (pl), wypełniać (pl)
• Swedish: uppta (sv)

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• French: habiter
• Old English: būan
• Spanish: habitar