different between inhabited vs habitable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hæb?t?d/
• Hyphenation: in?hab?it?ed

Adjective

inhabited

1. having inhabitants; lived in
2. (mathematics, of a set) containing at least one element
3. (obsolete) uninhabited

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Antonyms

• (having inhabitants): uninhabited

Translations

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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. habitable, inhabitable

   Antonym: inhabitable

Related terms

• habitabilidad

Further reading

• “habitable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.