habit

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæb.ɪt/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈhæb.ət/ Hyphenation: ha‧bit Rhymes: -æbɪt === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== habit (countable and uncountable, plural habits) An action performed on a regular basis. Synonyms: wont, routine, ritual, habitude An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness. An addiction. kick the habit ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habitāre (“to dwell, abide, keep”), frequentative of habeō (“to have, hold, keep”); see have. ==== Verb ==== habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited) (transitive) To clothe. Synonyms: garb, habilitate (transitive, archaic) To inhabit. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== habit (countable and uncountable, plural habits) A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns. A piece of clothing worn for a specific activity; a uniform. (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress. (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance and structure of a plant or crystal. ===== Related terms ===== habitat habitation ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === “habit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “habit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Ba'thi, Bihta == Albanian == === Alternative forms === habis === Etymology === According to Orel, borrowed from a South Slavic language and ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *xabiti (“to spoil, to waste”). Compare Old Church Slavonic хабити (xabiti), Serbo-Croatian habiti (“damage, destroy”), and Bulgarian хабя (habja, “destroy, spend; blunt”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haˈbit/ === Verb === habit (aorist habita, participle habitur) to surprise to astonish to distract, confuse ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== habi habitshëm habitur habitje habitore === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French habit, abit, borrowed from Latin habitus. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi/ === Noun === habit m (plural habits) article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress ==== Derived terms ==== l'habit ne fait pas le moine prendre l'habit ==== Related terms ==== habiller habillement ==== Descendants ==== → German: Habit === Further reading === “habit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Noun === habit oblique singular, m (oblique plural habiz or habitz, nominative singular habiz or habitz, nominative plural habit) alternative form of abit == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin habitus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxa.bit/ Rhymes: -abit Syllabification: ha‧bit === Noun === habit m inan (diminutive habicik) habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === habit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN habit in Polish dictionaries at PWN