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inhabitable

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Fit to live in; habitable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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: habitable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From inhabit + -able.

From Middle English inhabitable, inhabytabill, from Middle French inhabitable and its etymon Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- + habitable.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: подходящ за живеене (podhodjašt za živeene) — fit to live in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家居的 — fit to live in
  • Czech: obyvatelný — fit to live in
  • Dutch: bewoonbaar — fit to live in
  • Esperanto: enloĝebla — fit to live in
  • Finnish: asumiskelpoinen — fit to live in
  • French: habitable — fit to live in
  • German: bewohnbar — fit to live in
  • Greek: κατοικήσιμος (katoikísimos) — fit to live in
  • Hindi: वासयोग्य (vāsyogya) — fit to live in
  • Hungarian: lakható — fit to live in
  • Italian: abitabile — fit to live in
  • Polish: nadający się do zamieszkania — fit to live in
  • Swedish: beboelig — fit to live in