different between inhibitable vs inhabitable
inhibitable
English
Etymology
inhibit +? -able
Adjective
inhibitable (not comparable)
- (sciences) Capable of being inhibited
Derived terms
- inhibitably
- inhibitability
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inhabitable
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?hæb?t?b?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?hæb???b?l/
- Hyphenation: in?hab?it?a?ble
Etymology 1
inhabit +? -able.
Adjective
inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)
- Fit to live in; habitable.
Usage notes
While the usage is obsolete, inhabitable can also be an antonym of habitable and have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, one may prefer to use habitable or another synonym. Compare inflammable.
Antonyms
- uninhabitable
- unhabitable
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitabilis (“uninhabitable”)
Adjective
inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)
- (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, [Act I, scene i], lines 62–66:
- […] Which to maintaine, I would allow him oddes, / And meete him, were I tide to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engli?hman dur?t ?et his foote.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, [Act I, scene i], lines 62–66:
Usage notes
Inhabitable can also be an antonym of uninhabitable and have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, one may prefer to use uninhabitable or another synonym. Compare uninteresting. Fortunately, this opposite meaning is obsolete and the sense of "suitable for life" is far more prevalent today.
French
Etymology
From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitabilis (“uninhabitable”), as if in- +? habitable
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.na.bi.tabl/
- Rhymes: -abl
- Homophone: inhabitables
Adjective
inhabitable (plural inhabitables)
- uninhabitable
Further reading
- “inhabitable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Adjective
inhabitable (plural inhabitables)
- uninhabitable
- Antonym: habitable
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