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habitat
English
Etymology
From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habit? (“I live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit and ignoramus from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?hæb?tæt/, [?hæb?tæ?]
Noun
habitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats)
- (uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- (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.
- A place in which a person lives.
Related terms
- habitable
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “habitat”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Tabitha
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?.bi?tat/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bi?tat/
- Rhymes: -at
Verb
habitat m (feminine habitada, masculine plural habitats, feminine plural habitades)
- past participle of habitar
French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.ta/
- Rhymes: -a
- Homophone: habitats
Noun
habitat m (plural habitats)
- habitat
Further reading
- “habitat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
habitat
- third-person singular present active indicative of habit?
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 habitats)
- (biology) habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives)
Romanian
Etymology
From French habitat.
Noun
habitat n (plural habitate)
- habitat
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xab?ta?t/
- Hyphenation: ha?bi?tat
Noun
habìt?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- habitat
habitat From the web:
- what habitat do lions live in
- what habitat do tigers live in
- what habitat do pandas live in
- what habitat do wolves live in
- what habitat do elephants live in
- what habitat do cheetahs live in
- what habitat do giraffes live in
- what habitat do polar bears live in
habit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæb?t/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?hæb?t/
- Rhymes: -æb?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habe? (“I have, hold, keep”). Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þ?aw.
Noun
habit (countable and uncountable, plural habits)
- An action performed on a regular basis.
- Synonym: wont
- a man of very shy, retired habits
- An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
- A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
- (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits.
- (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal.
- An addiction.
Related terms
- exhibit
- habitual
- habituate
- habitus
- inhibit
- prohibit
Derived terms
- eating habit
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habit?re, present active infinitive of habit? (“I dwell, abide, keep”), frequentative of habe? (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
Verb
habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited)
- (transitive) To clothe.
- (transitive, archaic) To inhabit.
Related terms
- habitat
- habitation
Translations
Further reading
- habit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- habit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ba'thi
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 ?????? (xabiti), Serbo-Croatian habiti (“damage, destroy”), and Bulgarian ???? (habja, “destroy, spend; blunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha?bit/
Verb
habit (first-person singular past tense habita, participle habitur)
- I surprise
- I astonish
- (Gheg; northern Albania and Kosovo) I distract, confuse
Derived terms
- habi
- habitshëm
- habitur
- habitje
- habitore
References
French
Etymology
From Old French habit, abit, borrowed from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi/
Noun
habit m (plural habits)
- article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
Derived terms
- l'habit ne fait pas le moine
Related terms
- habiller
- habillement
Descendants
- ? German: Habit
Further reading
- “habit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
habit m (oblique plural habiz or habitz, nominative singular habiz or habitz, nominative plural habit)
- Alternative form of abit
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa.b?it/
Noun
habit m inan
- habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns)
Declension
habit From the web:
- what habitat do lions live in
- what habitat do tigers live in
- what habitat do pandas live in
- what habitat do wolves live in
- what habitat do elephants live in
- what habitat do cheetahs live in
- what habitat do giraffes live in
- what habits promote critical thinking
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