habit

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See also: hàbit and Habit

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæbɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -æbɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw.

Noun

habit (countable and uncountable, plural habits)

  1. An action performed on a regular basis.
    Synonym: wont
    It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.
  2. An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
    By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
  3. A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
    It’s interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits.
  4. A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
    • 2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 34:
      Sidesaddle riding habits were prestigious tailored sportswear appropriate for the equestrian pursuits of the truly wealthy.
    The new riding habits of the team looked smashing!
  5. (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
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    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
      Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
    • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits.
    • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
      […] it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
  6. (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance and structure of a variety or species of plant or crystal.
  7. An addiction.
    He has a 10-cigar habit.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō (“I dwell, abide, keep”), frequentative of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.

Verb

habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited)

  1. (transitive) To clothe.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To inhabit.
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Further reading

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from a South Slavic language and ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *xabiti (“to spoil, to waste”). Compare Old Church Slavonic хабити (xabiti), Serbo-Croatian habiti (“damage, destroy”), and Bulgarian хабя (habja, “destroy, spend; blunt”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Verb

habit (aorist habita, participle habitur)

  1. I surprise
  2. I astonish
  3. I distract, confuse

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “habit”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “habit”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 608-609
  3. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “habit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 153

French

Etymology

From Old French habit, abit, borrowed from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

habit m (plural habits)

  1. article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: Habit

Further reading

Old French

Noun

habit oblique singular, m (oblique plural habiz or habitz, nominative singular habiz or habitz, nominative plural habit)

  1. Alternative form of abit

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

habit m inan (diminutive habicik)

  1. habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Declension

Declension of habit
singular plural
nominative habit habity
genitive habitu habitów
dative habitowi habitom
accusative habit habity
instrumental habitem habitami
locative habicie habitach
vocative habicie habity

Further reading

  • habit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • habit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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