different between livability vs habitable

English

Alternative forms

• liveability

Etymology

live +? -ability

Noun

livability (countable and uncountable, plural livabilities)

1. The property of being livable.

   The livability of the shack was questioned, but the old man had lived there for 50 years.

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.