habitual

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
2. Regular or usual.
3. Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
4. Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.

Noun

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

Synonyms

customary

usual

conventional

accustomed

wonted

regular

common

ordinary

normal

routine

traditional

chronic

used to

familiar

confirmed

special

favourite

habitually

everyday

chosen

inveterate

run-of-the-mill

stock

trivial

uncomplicated

uneventful

unexceptional

unremarkable

unsophisticated

unspectacular

vanilla

wont

workaday

common use

run-of-the-mine

cusmary

consuetudinal

addicted

always

anonymous

beaten

commonly used

commonplace

constant

consuetudinarily

consuetudinary

customarily

durative

extra

general

Translations

habituel

habitual

abituale

consueto

habitual

usuel

gewöhnlich

usuale

habituell

usual

gewohnt

gewoon

üblich

gewohnheitsmäßig

coutumier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həˈbɪ.tʃʊ.əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: habitual

In summary

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English habitual (“of one's inherent disposition”), from Medieval Latin habituālis (“customary; habitual”), from Latin habitus (“character; disposition; habit; physical or emotional condition; attire, dress”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as habit + -ual. Habitus is derived from habeō (“to have; to hold; to own; to possess”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).
The noun is derived from the adjective.