different between inhabitant vs renter

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

Etymology 1

rent +? -er

Noun

renter (plural renters)

1. One who rents property or other goods from another.

   Synonyms: lessee, tenant, rentee

   • 1999, Donna M. Matherly, Michele Reader, Microsoft Office 97 Professional Essentials

     Create an input form that enables you to enter the data for new videos without seeing the information on whether the video is rented. Save this form with the name New video. Then create a form for entering the name of a renter […]

2. (law) One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.

   Synonyms: lessor, landlord, (rare) rentor

3. (Britain, slang) Synonym of rent boy (“male prostitute”)

Usage notes

Technically, in common legal usage, the term should refer only to the party who owns the property and allows another to rent it. The party paying for the use of the property is properly termed a rentee. However, common usage is to use the term to refer to the party paying for use of the property, and this usage has seeped into legal parlance as well.

Translations

Etymology 2

From French rentraire; Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + in (“into, in”) + trahere (“to draw”).

Verb

renter (third-person singular simple present renters, present participle rentering, simple past and past participle rentered)

1. To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
2. To restore the original design of (a tapestry) by working in new warp.

Anagrams

• rerent

French

Verb

renter

1. to endow

Inflection

Further reading

• “renter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• entrer, errent, rentre, rentré

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

renter m or f

1. indefinite plural of rente

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

renter f

1. indefinite plural of rente