habitable

[hab-i-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being inhabited.

habitable

/ ˈhæbɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be lived in

Other Word Forms

• habitability noun
• habitableness noun
• habitably adverb
• nonhabitability noun
• nonhabitable adjective
• nonhabitableness noun
• nonhabitably adverb
• unhabitable adjective
• unhabitableness noun
• unhabitably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitable¹

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

Example Sentences

University of California, Irvine astronomers have identified an exoplanet located within a star's habitable zone, a region where temperatures could allow liquid water to exist on the surface.

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And reports from young men who have managed to sneak into Nur Shams suggest that Nehaya's house is no longer habitable.

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"They are fingerprints of Earth's earliest history. If we can understand why they exist, we can understand how our planet formed and why it became habitable."

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A planet's habitability is often tied to whether it falls within its star's 'habitable zone', where liquid water can persist on the surface of a planet with the right atmospheric conditions.

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"The exoplanet is in the habitable or the 'Goldilocks Zone,' the right distance from its star that liquid water could exist on its surface, if it has the right atmosphere."

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Related Words

• livable