habitual

English

Etymology

From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin habitualis, from Latin habitus.

Alternative forms

• habituall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈbɪtʃuəl/, /həˈbɪtʃwəl/

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Adjective

habitual (comparative more habitual, superlative most habitual)

1. Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.

   He's a habitual chain-smoker.

2. Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.

   Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.

3. Regular or usual.

   Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.

4. (linguistics) Pertaining to an action performed usually, ordinarily, or customarily.

   Synonym: consuetudinal

Derived terms

• habitual aborter
• habituality
• habitually
• habitualness

Related terms

• habit

Translations

behaving in a regular manner, as a habit

• Bulgarian: обичаен (bg) (običaen), привичен (bg) (privičen), свойствен (bg) (svojstven)
• Catalan: habitual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 習慣的／习惯的 (zh), 习惯的 (zh) (xíguàn de)

• Danish: vanemæssig
• Esperanto: kutima
• Finnish: tapa- (fi), tavanomainen (fi)
• Galician: habitual (gl)
• German: gewohnt (de)
• Irish: rialta
• Italian: abituale (it), solito (it), corrente (it)
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• Latin: habitualis
• Maori: matatau
• Portuguese: habitual (pt)
• Romanian: de obicei
• Russian: привы́чный (ru) (privýčnyj), зая́длый (ru) (zajádlyj) (e.g. smoker), пристрасти́вшийся (ru) (pristrastívšijsja), закорене́лый (ru) (zakorenélyj)
• Slovene: običájen
• Spanish: habitual (es)
• Swedish: vanemässig (sv)

recurring, or that is performed over and over again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慣常的／惯常的 (zh), 惯常的 (zh) (guàncháng de)

• Finnish: tavanomainen (fi)
• French: habituel (fr)
• German: gewohnt (de)
• Irish: gréasach
• Italian: ricorrente (it), ripetitivo (it), solito (it)
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• Latin: solitus
• Portuguese: habitual (pt)
• Russian: привы́чный (ru) (privýčnyj), обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj)
• Slovene: običájen
• Spanish: habitual (es)
• Swedish: vanemässig (sv)

being regular or usual

• Armenian: սովորական (hy) (sovorakan)
• Bulgarian: обичаен (bg) (običaen)
• Finnish: tavanomainen (fi), tavallinen (fi)
• French: habituel (fr)
• German: gewohnt (de), gewöhnlich (de)
• Ido: kustumala (io)
• Irish: rialta
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• Italian: usuale (it), persistente (it)
• Portuguese: habitual (pt)
• Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj)
• Slovene: običájen
• Spanish: habitual (es)
• Swedish: vanlig (sv)

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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} habitual
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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అలవాటుగా (te) (alavāṭugā)

Noun

habitual (plural habituals)

1. One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
2. (grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βi.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bi.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.bi.tuˈal]

Adjective

habitual m or f (masculine and feminine plural habituals)

1. habitual; usual

Further reading

• “habitual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Adjective

habitual m or f (plural habituais)

1. habitual
2. common

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. habitual (behaving in a regular manner, as a habit)
2. habitual (recurring, or that is performed over and over again)

Related terms

• hábito

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin habituālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈtwal/ [a.β̞iˈt̪wal]

Adjective

habitual m or f (masculine and feminine plural habituales)

1. habitual

Noun

habitual m (plural habituales)

1. (Louisiana) beans.

   No quiero nada mas que habitual, cafe, y pan. ― I don't want anything more than beans, coffee, and bread.

Derived terms

• habitualmente

Related terms

• hábito

Further reading

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