adj · 3 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈhæbɪtəbəl/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈhabɪtəb(ə)l/
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CMU ARPABET:HH AE1 B AH0 T AH0 B AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.
Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
fit for habitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the habitable world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inhabitable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
обитаем
(obitaem)
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Catalan:
habitable
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Czech:
obyvatelný
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Dutch:
bewoonbaar
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Dutch:
bewoonbare
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Esperanto:
enloĝebla
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Finnish:
asuttava
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Finnish:
asuinkelpoinen
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
German:
bewohnbar
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
German:
habitabel
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Greek:
κατοικήσιμος
(katoikísimos)
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Hindi:
वासयोग्य
(vāsyogya)
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Hungarian:
lakható
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Interlingua:
habitabile
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Italian:
abitabile
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Latin:
habitabilis
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Plautdietsch:
bewonboa
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Polish:
nadający się do zamieszkania
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Portuguese:
habitável
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Romagnol:
abitàbil
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Romanian:
locuibil
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Russian:
приго́дный для жи́зни
(prigódnyj dlja žízni)
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Russian:
го́дный для жилья́
(gódnyj dlja žilʹjá)
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Russian:
жило́й
(žilój)
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Spanish:
habitable
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
Swedish:
beboelig
— where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
