"habitable" meaning in English

See habitable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-habitable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more habitable [comparative], most habitable [superlative]
Etymology: Originally derived from the Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|habitābilis||habitable}} Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), {{m|la|habitō||dwell, live}} habitō (“dwell, live”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} habitable (comparative more habitable, superlative most habitable)
  1. Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation. Translations (where humans or other animals can live): обитаем (obitaem) (Bulgarian), habitable (Catalan), obyvatelný (Czech), bewoonbaar (Dutch), bewoonbare (Dutch), enloĝebla (Esperanto), asuttava (Finnish), asuinkelpoinen (Finnish), bewohnbar (German), habitabel (German), κατοικήσιμος (katoikísimos) (Greek), lakható (Hungarian), habitabile (Interlingua), abitabile (Italian), habitabilis (Latin), bewonboa (Plautdietsch), habitável (Portuguese), abitàbil (Romagnol), locuibil (Romanian), приго́дный для жи́зни (prigódnyj dlja žízni) (Russian), го́дный для жилья́ (gódnyj dlja žilʹjá) (Russian), жило́й (žilój) (Russian), habitable (Spanish), beboelig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-habitable-en-adj-HD1bklG6 Disambiguation of 'where humans or other animals can live': 92 8
  2. Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life. Categories (topical): Astrobiology, Types of planets
    Sense id: en-habitable-en-adj-tV2-vcLo Disambiguation of Astrobiology: 31 69 Disambiguation of Types of planets: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inhabitable Derived forms: habitable epoch, habitable zone Related terms: habitability, habitat, inhabitable

Alternative forms

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