habitat
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“I live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit and ignoramus from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæbɪtæt/, [ˈhæbɪtæʔ]
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Noun
edithabitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats)
- (uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- (countable, biology) A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
- (countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
- 2006, John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport, The Ecology of Transportation[1], page 248:
- rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.
- A place in which a person lives.
- 2006 June, Jessica Houssian, “Hot List”, in Bazaar, number 3535, page 146:
- this book is just the impetus you need to clear the clutter and reorganize your habitat.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “habitat”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈtat]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.biˈtat]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.biˈtat]
- Rhymes: -at
Participle
edithabitat (feminine habitada, masculine plural habitats, feminine plural habitades)
Dutch
editEtymology
editInternationalism, from Latin habitat (“it lives”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
edithabitat c (plural habitats, diminutive habitatje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Indonesian: habitat
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithabitat m (plural habitats)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “habitat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Iban
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English habitat.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithabitat
Indonesian
editEtymology
editInternationalism, borrowed from Dutch habitat, from Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“I live or dwell”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithabitat (plural habitat-habitat)
- habitat:
- A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.
- A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
- A place in which a person lives.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “habitat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
editVerb
edithabitat
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Latin habitatus, from habitare.
Noun
edithabitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat or habitater, definite plural habitata or habitatene)
- a habitat
References
edit- “habitat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Latin habitatus, from habitare.
Noun
edithabitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat, definite plural habitata)
- a habitat
References
edit- “habitat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Latin habitat.
Pronunciation
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Noun
edithabitat m (plural habitats)
- (biology) habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives)
- (figuratively) place where an individual or group believes is ideal in and often frequents
- O teatro era o seu habitat natural.
- The theatre was his natural habitat.
Further reading
edit- “habitat”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “habitat”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “habitat”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “habitat”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “habitat”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
edithabitat n (plural habitate)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | habitat | habitatul | habitate | habitatele | |
genitive-dative | habitat | habitatului | habitate | habitatelor | |
vocative | habitatule | habitatelor |
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithabìtāt m (Cyrillic spelling хабѝта̄т)
Turkish
editEtymology
editNoun
edithabitat (definite accusative habitatı, plural habitatlar)
Declension
editInflection | ||
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Nominative | habitat | |
Definite accusative | habitatı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | habitat | habitatlar |
Definite accusative | habitatı | habitatları |
Dative | habitata | habitatlara |
Locative | habitatta | habitatlarda |
Ablative | habitattan | habitatlardan |
Genitive | habitatın | habitatların |
Synonyms
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeh₁bʰ-
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Biology
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/at
- Rhymes:Catalan/at/3 syllables
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan past participles
- Dutch internationalisms
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch common-gender nouns
- nl:Biology
- French terms with mute h
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/a
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Iban terms borrowed from English
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- Iban terms with IPA pronunciation
- Iban lemmas
- Iban nouns
- Indonesian internationalisms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/tat
- Rhymes:Indonesian/tat/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/at
- Rhymes:Indonesian/at/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/t
- Rhymes:Indonesian/t/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/tatʃi
- Rhymes:Portuguese/tatʃi/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/abitat
- Rhymes:Portuguese/abitat/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ta
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ta/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Biology
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Turkish terms borrowed from French
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns