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habilitation

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /həˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

Equipment; qualification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An act of habilitating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An academic qualification, prerequiring a PhD, required in order to gain tenure as a professor in some European universities; a thesis or dissertation presented to achieve the qualification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of supplying money to work a mine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin habilitatio, from Latin habilitāre.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хабилитация (habilitacija) — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Czech: habilitace — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Dutch: habilitatie — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Esperanto: habilitiĝo — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Finnish: habilitaatio — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • French: habilitation — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Galician: habilitación — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • German: Habilitation — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Greek: υφηγεσία (yfigesía) — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Hungarian: habilitáció — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Ido: habilito — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Italian: abilitazione — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Korean: 하빌리타치온 (habillitachion) — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Latin: habilitatio — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Latvian: habilitācija — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Lithuanian: habilitacija — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: habilitasjon — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Occitan: abilitacion — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Persian: شایستگی — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Polish: habilitacja — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Portuguese: habilitação — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Russian: хабилита́ция (xabilitácija) — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Serbo-Croatian: хабилита́ција — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Serbo-Croatian: habilitácija — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Slovak: habilitácia — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Slovene: habilitacija — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Lower Sorbian: habilitacija — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Upper Sorbian: habilitacija — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Spanish: habilitación — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Turkish: habilitasyon — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
  • Ukrainian: габіліта́ція (habilitácija) — postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure
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