inhabitable

English

Etymology 1

Latin inhabitabilis (“inhabitable”), equivalent to inhabit +‎ -able.

Adjective

inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)

1. fit to live in; habitable (see inflammable for usage note)
   • John Locke

     Systems of inhabitable planets.

Antonyms

• uninhabitable

Translations

fit to live in

• Chinese:

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• Czech: obyvatelný (cs)
• Finnish: asumiskelpoinen (fi)
• French: habitable (fr)

• Greek: κατοικήσιμος (el) (katoikísimos) m
• Italian: abitabile (it)
• Polish: nadający się do zamieszkania
• Swedish: beboelig (sv)

Etymology 2

Latin inhabitabilis: compare French inhabitable. See in- not, and habitable.

Adjective

inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)

1. (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
   • Shakespeare

     The frozen ridges of the Alps / Or other ground inhabitable.

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French

Etymology

From Latin inhabitabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.na.bi.tabl/ X-SAMPA: /i.na.bi.tabl/
• Rhymes: -abl
• Homophone: inhabitables

Adjective

inhabitable (masculine and feminine, plural inhabitables)

1. uninhabitable