different between habitant vs habitable
habitant
English
Etymology
From Old French habitant
Noun
habitant (plural habitants)
- (Canada) a member of habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies
- (archaic) Inhabitant, dweller.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping,
- Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
Catalan
Noun
habitant m (plural habitants)
- inhabitant
Verb
habitant
- present participle of habitar
French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.t??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: habitants
Verb
habitant
- present participle of habiter
Noun
habitant m (plural habitants)
- An inhabitant of some place.
- (Quebec, derogatory) Someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward.
- (Quebec, dated or derogatory) Anybody from a rural or recently colonized area.
- (Canada, historical) A member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
- (Quebec, colloquial) Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club.
- (Louisiana) A farmer.
Synonyms
- (farmer): agriculteur m; (dated) fermier
Usage notes
- Although the term originates as legitimate to describe early French colonists and French Canadian farmers, it has now taken a strong pejorative aspect in Quebec French, and using it without an explicit location would be perceived as pejorative.
Further reading
- “habitant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
habitant
- third-person plural present active indicative of habit?
Middle French
Noun
habitant m (plural habitans)
- inhabitant; dweller
Descendants
- French: habitant
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habitable
English
Etymology
Originally derived from the Latin habit?bilis (“habitable”), from habit? (“dwell, live”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?hæb?t?b?l/
Adjective
habitable (comparative more habitable, superlative most habitable)
- Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
Synonyms
- inhabitable
Antonyms
- unhabitable
- uninhabitable
Related terms
- habitability
- habitat
- inhabitable
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitabilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?.bi?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bi?ta.ble/
- Homophone: evitable (Central)
Adjective
habitable (masculine and feminine plural habitables)
- habitable, inhabitable
- Antonym: inhabitable
Related terms
- habitabilitat
Further reading
- “habitable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “habitable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “habitable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “habitable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitabilis.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.tabl/
Adjective
habitable (plural habitables)
- habitable, inhabitable
Antonyms
- inhabitable
Further reading
- “habitable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abi?table/, [a.??i?t?a.??le]
Adjective
habitable (plural habitables)
- habitable, inhabitable
- Antonym: inhabitable
Related terms
- habitabilidad
Further reading
- “habitable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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