habitat
English
Etymology
From Latin habitātus (“having been inhabited”), from habitus (“having been held”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
habitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats)
- (uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- (countable, biology) A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.
- (countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
- 2006, John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport, The Ecology of Transportation[1], page 248:
- rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.
- A place in which a person lives.
- 2006 June, Jessica Houssian, “Hot List”, in Bazaar, number 3535, page 146:
- this book is just the impetus you need to clear the clutter and reorganize your habitat.
Related terms
Translations
natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
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References
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈtat]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.biˈtat]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.biˈtat]
- Rhymes: -at
Verb
habitat (feminine habita, masculine plural habitats, feminine plural habites)
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
habitat m (plural habitats)
Further reading
- “habitat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) habitat
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin habitatus, from habitare
Noun
habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat or habitater, definite plural habitata or habitatene)
- a habitat
References
- “habitat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin habitatus, from habitare
Noun
habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat, definite plural habitata)
- a habitat
References
- “habitat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
habitat m (plural s)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
habìtāt m (Cyrillic spelling хабѝта̄т)
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