different between inhabitant vs overpopulated

English

Alternative forms

• enhabitant (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitans, present participle of inhabito (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habit? (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habe? (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“seize, take, hold, have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hæ.b?.t?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?hab?i?tant

Noun

inhabitant (plural inhabitants)

1. Someone or thing who lives in a place.

Related terms

• inhabit

Translations

Adjective

inhabitant (not comparable)

1. Resident.

Latin

Verb

inhabitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of inhabit?

Old French

Noun

inhabitant m (oblique plural inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative singular inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative plural inhabitant)

1. inhabitant

Descendants

• ? English: inhabitant

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (inhabitant)

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ?'v?r-p?p?y?-l?t(')?d, IPA^(key): /?o?v??p?pj?(?)le?t?d/
• Rhymes: -?pj?le?t?d
• Hyphenation: over?pop?u?lat?ed

Etymology 1

Verb form of overpopulate.

Verb

overpopulated

1. simple past tense and past participle of overpopulate

Etymology 2

First recorded in 1828, predating overpopulate. From over- +? populated. Compare earlier overpeopled and overpopulous.

Adjective

overpopulated (comparative more overpopulated, superlative most overpopulated)

1. Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained.

   Synonyms: overpeopled, overpopulous

Related terms

• overcrowded

Translations

References