different between public vs habitual

English

Alternative forms

• publick, publicke, publike, publique (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman publik, public, Middle French public, publique et al., and their source, Latin p?blicus (“pertaining to the people”). Compare people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?bl?k/
• Hyphenation: pub?lic

Adjective

public (comparative more public, superlative most public)

1. Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment. [from 14th c.]
2. Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc. [from 15th c.]
   • 2010, Adam Vaughan, The Guardian, 16 Sep 2010:

     A mere 3% of the more than 1,000 people interviewed said they actually knew what the conference was about. It seems safe to say public awareness of the Convention on Biological Awareness in Nagoya - and its goal of safeguarding wildlife - is close to non-existent.
3. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community. [from 15th c.]
   • 2004, The Guardian, Leader, 18 Jun 2004:

     But culture's total budget is a tiny proportion of all public spending; it is one of the government's most visible success stories.

4. Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. [from 15th c.]
   • 2011, David Smith, The Guardian, 10 May 2011:

     Some are left for dead on rubbish tips, in refuge bags or at public toilets.
5. (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
6. (not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.

Antonyms

• private

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

public (plural publics)

1. The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
   • 2007 May 4, Martin Jacques, The Guardian

     Bush and Blair stand condemned by their own publics and face imminent political extinction.

2. (public relations) A particular group or demographic to be targeted.
   • 2005, Donald Treadwell, ?Jill B. Treadwell, Public Relations Writing: Principles in Practice (page 19)

     To the extent that you will use them to reach many other publics, the news media will also be one of your publics.

3. (archaic) A public house; an inn.

Derived terms

• antipublic
• general public
• Joe Public
• John Q. Public
• member of the public
• public relations
• public-spirited

Translations

References

• public at OneLook Dictionary Search
• public in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• public in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• public in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.blik/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin publicus.

Adjective

public (feminine singular publique, masculine plural publics, feminine plural publiques)

1. public

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun use of public (compare Latin publicum).

Noun

public m (plural publics)

1. public (people in general)
2. audience

   Il devait plaire à son public.

   He had to please his audience

Further reading

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

Ladin

Adjective

public m pl

1. plural of publich

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin publicus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

public m (feminine singular publica, masculine plural publics, feminine plural publicas)

1. public

   Antonym: privat

Derived terms

• publicament

Noun

public m (plural publics)

1. public, audience

Old French

Alternative forms

• publik
• publiq
• publique

Adjective

public m (oblique and nominative feminine singular publique)

1. public (not private; available to the general populace)

Derived terms

• en public

References

• publik on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French public < Latin publicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu.blik/

Adjective

public m or n (feminine singular public?, masculine plural publici, feminine and neuter plural publice)

1. public

Noun

public n (plural publice)

1. the public

English

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English habitual (“of one's inherent disposition”), from Medieval Latin habitu?lis (“customary; habitual”), from Latin habitus (“character; disposition; habit; physical or emotional condition; attire, dress”) + -?lis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as habit +? -ual. Habitus is derived from habe? (“to have; to hold; to own; to possess”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?- (“to grab, take”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).

The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??b?.t??.?l/, /h??b?.t?w?l/, /-tj?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??b?.t??.?l/, /h??b?.t?(w)?l/
• Hyphenation: ha?bit?u?al, ha?bit?ual

Adjective

habitual (comparative more habitual, superlative most habitual)

1. Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
2. Regular or usual.

   Synonyms: accustomed, customary
3. Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
4. (grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.

   Synonym: consuetudinal

Alternative forms

• habituall (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

habitual (plural habituals)

1. (colloquial) One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
2. (grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.

Translations

References

Further reading

• habit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.bi.tu?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bi.tu?al/

Adjective

habitual (masculine and feminine plural habituals)

1. habitual; usual

Derived terms

• habitualment

Further reading

• “habitual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Adjective

habitual m or f (plural habituais)

1. habitual
2. common

Portuguese

Adjective

habitual m or f (plural habituais, comparable)

1. habitual (behaving in a regular manner, as a habit)
2. habitual (recurring, or that is performed over and over again)

Related terms

• hábito

Romanian

Etymology

From French habituel.

Adjective

habitual m or n (feminine singular habitual?, masculine plural habituali, feminine and neuter plural habituale)

1. usual

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin habitu?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abi?twal/, [a.??i?t?wal]

Adjective

habitual (plural habituales)

1. habitual

Noun

habitual m (plural habituales)

1. (Louisiana) beans

Derived terms

• habitualmente

Related terms

• hábito
• habituar

Further reading

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