habitante

Asturian

Noun

habitante m or f (plural habitantes)

1. inhabitant

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bi.tɑ̃t/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t
• Homophone: habitantes

Noun

habitante f (plural habitantes)

1. female equivalent of habitant

Further reading

• “habitante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Noun

habitante m or f by sense (plural habitantes)

1. inhabitant

Interlingua

Participle

habitante

1. present participle of habitar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ha.bɪˈtan.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.biˈtan.te]

Participle

habitante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of habitāns

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese habitante and Spanish habitante.

Noun

habitante

1. inhabitant

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin habitantem (“residing”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈtɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.βiˈtɐ̃.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈtɐ̃.tɨ/ [ɐ.βiˈtɐ̃.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.bi.ˈtɐ̃.tɪ/

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tan‧te

Noun

habitante m or f by sense (plural habitantes)

1. inhabitant (someone or thing who lives in a place)

   Synonyms: habitador, morador, residente

Related terms

• habitabilidade
• habitação
• habitacional
• habitáculo
• habitador
• habitar
• hábitat
• habitável

Further reading

• “habitante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “habitante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From the present participle of habitar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈtante/ [a.β̞iˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: ha‧bi‧tan‧te

Adjective

habitante m or f (masculine and feminine plural habitantes)

1. inhabiting; said of something that inhabits

Noun

habitante m or f by sense (plural habitantes)

1. inhabitant
   • 2023 September 3, Belén Zapata, “¿Jugar en la calle es motivo de sanción económica en Zapopan, Jalisco? La SCJN se pronuncia”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Puerto detalló que Zapopan (el municipio con mayor número de habitantes en Jalisco ―1,4 millones―, según el Censo de Población y Vivienda del 2020 elaborado por el Inegi) cuenta con alrededor de 90 unidades deportivas.

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Further reading

• “habitante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025