habitable

[ hab-i-tuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. capable of being inhabited.

Origin of habitable

1
1350–1400; Middle English habitābilis, equivalent to habitā(re) to inhabit (see habitat) + -bilis-ble; replacing Middle English abitable<Middle French

Other words from habitable

  • hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, hab·it·a·ble·ness, noun
  • hab·it·a·bly, adverb
  • non·hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·hab·it·a·ble, adjective
  • non·hab·it·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·hab·it·a·bly, adverb
  • un·hab·it·a·ble, adjective
  • un·hab·it·a·ble·ness, noun
  • un·hab·it·a·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for habitable

habitable

/ (ˈhæbɪtəbəl) /


adjective
  1. able to be lived in

Derived forms of habitable

  • habitability or habitableness, noun
  • habitably, adverb

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