habit

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• /ˈhæb.ɪt/
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From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw, wuna, and ġewuna.

From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habitāre (“to dwell, abide, keep”), frequentative of habeō (“to have, hold, keep”); see have.

284 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shprehi — an action done on a regular basis
• Albanian: gojdhânë — an action done on a regular basis
• Albanian: Zakon — an action done on a regular basis
• Arabic: عَادَة (ʕāda) — an action done on a regular basis
• Armenian: սովորություն (sovorutʻyun) — an action done on a regular basis
• Armenian: սովորույթ (sovoruytʻ) — an action done on a regular basis
• Aromanian: huchi — an action done on a regular basis
• Assamese: অভ্যাস (obhyax) — an action done on a regular basis
• Asturian: vezu — an action done on a regular basis
• Azerbaijani: adət — an action done on a regular basis
• Bashkir: ғәҙәт (ğəźət) — an action done on a regular basis
• Belarusian: звы́чай (zvýčaj) — an action done on a regular basis
• Belarusian: звы́чка (zvýčka) — an action done on a regular basis
• Bengali: অভ্যাস (obbhaś) — an action done on a regular basis
• Bhojpuri: आदत (ādat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Breton: boaz — an action done on a regular basis
• Bulgarian: на́вик (návik) — an action done on a regular basis
• Burmese: ဝသီ (wa.si) — an action done on a regular basis
• Burmese: အလေ့အကျင့် (a.le.a.kyang.) — an action done on a regular basis
• Catalan: costum — an action done on a regular basis
• Chechen: ӏедал (ˀedal) — an action done on a regular basis
• Chechen: ламаст (lamast) — an action done on a regular basis
• Cherokee: ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ (iyadvnelidasdi) — an action done on a regular basis
• Chinese Cantonese: 習慣 /习惯 (zaap6 gwaan3) — an action done on a regular basis
• Hakka Chinese: 習慣 /习惯 (si̍p-koan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Chinese: 習慣 /习惯 (zh-min-nan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Chinese Mandarin: 習慣 /习惯 (xíguàn) — an action done on a regular basis
• Ngazidja Comorian: twaɓia — an action done on a regular basis
• Corsican: abitùdine — an action done on a regular basis
• Crimean Tatar: adet — an action done on a regular basis
• Czech: návyk — an action done on a regular basis
• Czech: zvyk — an action done on a regular basis
• Danish: vane — an action done on a regular basis
• Dutch: gewoonte — an action done on a regular basis
• Esperanto: kutimo — an action done on a regular basis
• Estonian: harjumus — an action done on a regular basis
• Even: хавкан (hawkan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Evenki: татын (tatin) — an action done on a regular basis
• Evenki: савкан (sawkan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Faroese: vani — an action done on a regular basis
• Finnish: tapa — an action done on a regular basis
• French: habitude — an action done on a regular basis
• Friulian: usance — an action done on a regular basis
• Galician: hábito — an action done on a regular basis
• Galician: costume — an action done on a regular basis
• Galician: habitude — an action done on a regular basis
• Georgian: ჩვევა (čveva) — an action done on a regular basis
• Georgian: ჩვეულება (čveuleba) — an action done on a regular basis
• German: Gewohnheit — an action done on a regular basis
• German: Gepflogenheit — an action done on a regular basis
• German: Habitus — an action done on a regular basis
• Greek: συνήθεια (synítheia) — an action done on a regular basis
• Ancient Greek: συνήθεια (sunḗtheia) — an action done on a regular basis
• Mbya Guarani: eko — an action done on a regular basis
• Gujarati: ટેવ (ṭev) — an action done on a regular basis
• Haitian Creole: abitid — an action done on a regular basis
• Hausa: dabu'a — an action done on a regular basis
• Hawaiian: hana maʻa — an action done on a regular basis
• Hebrew: הֶרְגֵּל (hergél) — an action done on a regular basis
• Hebrew: מִנְהָג (minhág) — an action done on a regular basis
• Hindi: अभ्यास (abhyās) — an action done on a regular basis
• Hindi: आदत (ādat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Hungarian: szokás — an action done on a regular basis
• Icelandic: vani — an action done on a regular basis
• Icelandic: venja — an action done on a regular basis
• Ido: kustumo — an action done on a regular basis
• Igbo: omume — an action done on a regular basis
• Indonesian: kebiasaan — an action done on a regular basis
• Indonesian: adat — an action done on a regular basis
• Ingrian: koosi — an action done on a regular basis
• Interlingua: habitude — an action done on a regular basis
• Irish: cleachtadh — an action done on a regular basis
• Irish: gnás — an action done on a regular basis
• Irish: béas — an action done on a regular basis
• Irish: nós — an action done on a regular basis
• Irish: taithí — an action done on a regular basis
• Italian: abitudine — an action done on a regular basis
• Italian: consuetudine — an action done on a regular basis
• Japanese: 習慣 (shūkan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Javanese: adat — an action done on a regular basis
• Jeju: 쿠세 (kuse) — an action done on a regular basis
• Kazakh: әдет (ädet) — an action done on a regular basis
• Khmer: ទំលាប់ (tumlŏəp) — an action done on a regular basis
• Korean: 습관 (seupgwan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Korean: 버릇 (beoreut) — an action done on a regular basis
• Northern Kurdish: edet — an action done on a regular basis
• Kyrgyz: адат (adat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Lao: ນິໄສ (ni sai) — an action done on a regular basis
• Latin: habitus — an action done on a regular basis
• Latvian: ieradums — an action done on a regular basis
• Latvian: paradums — an action done on a regular basis
• Lithuanian: įprotis — an action done on a regular basis
• Macedonian: навика (navika) — an action done on a regular basis
• Malay: tabiat — an action done on a regular basis
• Malay: kebiasaan — an action done on a regular basis
• Malay: adat — an action done on a regular basis
• Malayalam: ശീലം (śīlaṁ) — an action done on a regular basis
• Maltese: drawwa — an action done on a regular basis
• Manx: cliaghtey — an action done on a regular basis
• Manx: oash — an action done on a regular basis
• Marathi: सवय (savay) — an action done on a regular basis
• Mongolian: зан (zan) — an action done on a regular basis
• Mongolian: зуршил (zuršil) — an action done on a regular basis
• Nepali: अभ्यास (abhyās) — an action done on a regular basis
• Norwegian Bokmål: vane — an action done on a regular basis
• Norwegian Bokmål: sedvane — an action done on a regular basis
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vane — an action done on a regular basis
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sedvane — an action done on a regular basis
• Occitan: costuma — an action done on a regular basis
• Occitan: abitud — an action done on a regular basis
• Odia: ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (abhyāsa) — an action done on a regular basis
• Old English: þēaw — an action done on a regular basis
• Pashto: عادت ('ādat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Dari: عَادَت (ādat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Iranian Persian: عادَت (âdat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Plautdietsch: Sitten — an action done on a regular basis
• Polish: nawyk — an action done on a regular basis
• Polish: zwyczaj — an action done on a regular basis
• Portuguese: hábito — an action done on a regular basis
• Portuguese: costume — an action done on a regular basis
• Punjabi: ਆਦਤ (ādat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Punjabi: ਆਦਤਾਂ (ādatā̃) — an action done on a regular basis
• Romanian: obicei — an action done on a regular basis
• Romanian: habitudine — an action done on a regular basis
• Romansh: disa — an action done on a regular basis
• Romansh: deisa — an action done on a regular basis
• Romansh: adüs — an action done on a regular basis
• Russian: привы́чка (privýčka) — an action done on a regular basis
• Russian: обы́чай (obýčaj) — an action done on a regular basis
• Russian: обыкнове́ние (obyknovénije) — an action done on a regular basis
• Russian: тради́ция (tradícija) — an action done on a regular basis
• Sanskrit: अभ्यास (abhyāsa) — an action done on a regular basis
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh — an action done on a regular basis
• Serbo-Croatian: на̑вика — an action done on a regular basis
• Serbo-Croatian: привика — an action done on a regular basis
• Serbo-Croatian: nȃvika — an action done on a regular basis
• Serbo-Croatian: privika — an action done on a regular basis
• Sicilian: abbitùtini — an action done on a regular basis
• Slovak: zvyk — an action done on a regular basis
• Slovak: návyk — an action done on a regular basis
• Slovene: navada — an action done on a regular basis
• Somali: caado — an action done on a regular basis
• Spanish: costumbre — an action done on a regular basis
• Spanish: hábito — an action done on a regular basis
• Swedish: vana — an action done on a regular basis
• Tajik: одат (odat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Tamil: பழக்கம் (paḻakkam) — an action done on a regular basis
• Tatar: гадәт (ğädät) — an action done on a regular basis
• Telugu: అలవాటు (alavāṭu) — an action done on a regular basis
• Thai: นิสัย (ní-sǎi) — an action done on a regular basis
• Tocharian B: yakne — an action done on a regular basis
• Turkish: alışkanlık — an action done on a regular basis
• Turkish: adet — an action done on a regular basis
• Turkmen: endik — an action done on a regular basis
• Turkmen: adat — an action done on a regular basis
• Ukrainian: зви́чка (zvýčka) — an action done on a regular basis
• Urdu: عادَت ('ādat) — an action done on a regular basis
• Uyghur: ئادەت (adet) — an action done on a regular basis
• Uzbek: odat — an action done on a regular basis
• Vietnamese: thói quen — an action done on a regular basis
• Volapük: kösömot — an action done on a regular basis
• Walloon: abitude — an action done on a regular basis
• Walloon: alaedje — an action done on a regular basis
• Walloon: acostumance — an action done on a regular basis
• Welsh: arferiad — an action done on a regular basis
• Welsh: cynefindod — an action done on a regular basis
• Yiddish: געוווינהייט (gevoynheyt) — an action done on a regular basis
• Armenian: սովորություն (sovorutʻyun) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Bashkir: ғәҙәт (ğəźət) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Belarusian: звы́чка (zvýčka) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Bulgarian: на́вик (návik) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Bulgarian: приви́чка (privíčka) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Chinese Cantonese: 習慣 /习惯 (zaap6 gwaan3) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Hakka Chinese: 習慣 /习惯 (si̍p-koan) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Chinese: 習慣 /习惯 (zh-min-nan) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Chinese Mandarin: 習慣 /习惯 (xíguàn) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Danish: vane — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Dutch: gewoonte — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Dutch: automatisme — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Estonian: harjumus — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Finnish: tottumus — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Finnish: tapa — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• French: habitude — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Galician: hábito — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Greek: συνήθεια (synítheia) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Greek: έξη (éxi) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Hindi: आदत (ādat) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Hungarian: megszokás — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Hungarian: szokás — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Ingrian: koosi — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Italian: abitudine — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Japanese: 癖 (kuse) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Korean: 버릇 (beoreut) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Korean: 습관 (seupgwan) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Malayalam: വഴക്കം (vaḻakkaṁ) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Manx: cliaghtey — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Manx: oash — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Nepali: बानी (bānī) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Norwegian Bokmål: vane — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Polish: nawyk — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Portuguese: hábito — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Romanian: obicei — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Romanian: obișnuință — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Russian: привы́чка (privýčka) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Spanish: hábito — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Tamil: பழக்கம் (paḻakkam) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Ukrainian: зви́чка (zvýčka) — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Vietnamese: thói quen — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Walloon: abitude — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Walloon: alaedje — action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
• Albanian: Varësi — addiction
• Dutch: verslaving — addiction
• Finnish: riippuvuus — addiction
• Galician: hábito — addiction
• Greek: έξη (éxi) — addiction
• Greek: εθισμός (ethismós) — addiction
• Italian: abitudine — addiction
• Japanese: 癖 (kuse) — addiction
• Japanese: 依存症 (izonshō) — addiction
• Marathi: सवय (savay) — addiction
• Polish: nałóg — addiction
• Portuguese: vício — addiction
• Russian: привы́чка (privýčka) — addiction
• Russian: зави́симость (zavísimostʹ) — addiction
• Spanish: hábito — addiction
• Tamil: அடிமை (aṭimai) — addiction
• Tamil: அடிமையாதல் (aṭimaiyātal) — addiction
• Vietnamese: thói — addiction
• Walloon: mwaijhe abitude — addiction
• Walloon: måle abitude — addiction
• Asturian: hábitu — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Bulgarian: мона́шеско облекло́ (monášesko oblekló) — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Catalan: hàbit — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Chinese Mandarin: 修女服 — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Czech: hábit — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Dutch: habijt — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Dutch: pij — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Esperanto: vesto — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Esperanto: froko — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Finnish: kaapu — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Finnish: munkinkaapu — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Finnish: nunnankaapu — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Finnish: nunnanhuntu — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• French: habit — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Galician: hábito — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• German: Kutte — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Greek: ράσο (ráso) — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Hungarian: csuha — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Hungarian: habitus — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Interlingua: habito — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Italian: tonaca — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Italian: saio — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Manx: coamrey — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Polish: habit — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Portuguese: hábito — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Russian: ря́са (rjása) — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Spanish: hábito — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Ukrainian: ря́са (rjása) — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Volapük: kösömotaklot — long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
• Dutch: uniform — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Dutch: tenue — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Esperanto: vesto — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Finnish: asu — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Finnish: kilpailuasu — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• French: costume — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• French: uniforme — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Interlingua: habito — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Italian: uniforme — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Manx: coamrey — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Portuguese: uniforme — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Spanish: uniforme — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Tamil: சீருடை (cīruṭai) — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Volapük: kösömotaklot — piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
• Bulgarian: одея́ние (odejánie) — outward appearance; attire; dress
• Dutch: kledij — outward appearance; attire; dress
• Dutch: kleding — outward appearance; attire; dress
• Bulgarian: ха́битус (hábitus) — the general appearance of a plant
• Marathi: स्वरूप (svarūp) — the general appearance of a plant
• Marathi: रीती (rītī) — the general appearance of a plant
• Bulgarian: обличам (obličam) — to clothe
• Dutch: zich kleden — to clothe
• French: habiller — to clothe
• Tamil: அணி (aṇi) — to clothe