habitable

Meaning

1. Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
2. Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.

Synonyms

livable

inhabitable

inhabited

liveable

residential

populated

populous

cultivated

fit to be inhabited

dwelling

flourishing

living

peopled

Translations

habitable

abitabile

bewohnbar

habitable

bewoonbaar

bewoonbare

habitável

vividero

oturulabilir

habitabel

κατοικήσιμος

içinde oturulabilir

habitable

bewohnt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæbɪtəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.