habitat

== English == === Etymology === From 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, floruit, ignoramus, and tenet from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæbɪtæt/, [ˈhæbɪtæʔ] === Noun === habitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats) (uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live. (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. A place in which a person lives. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== habitable ==== Translations ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “habitat”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Tabitha == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈtat] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.biˈtat] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.biˈtat] Rhymes: -at === Participle === habitat (feminine habitada, masculine plural habitats, feminine plural habitades) past participle of habitar == Dutch == === Etymology === Internationalism, from Latin habitat (“it lives”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === habitat c (plural habitats, diminutive habitatje n) habitat ==== Derived terms ==== habitatfragmentatie habitatversnippering ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: habitat == French == === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.ta/ Rhymes: -a Homophone: habitats === Noun === habitat m (plural habitats) habitat ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: habitat → Turkish: habitat === Further reading === “habitat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Iban == === Etymology === Borrowed from English habitat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ha.bi.tat/ === Noun === habitat habitat == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch habitat, from Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /haˈbitat/ [haˈbi.t̪at̪̚] Rhymes: -itat Syllabification: ha‧bi‧tat === Noun === habitat (plural habitat-habitat) habitat (a place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “habitat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈha.bɪ.tat] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.bi.tat] === Verb === habitat third-person singular present active indicative of habitō == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin habitatus, from habitare. === Noun === habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat or habitater, definite plural habitata or habitatene) a habitat === References === “habitat” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin habitatus, from habitare. === Noun === habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat, definite plural habitata) a habitat === References === “habitat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === hábitat === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin habitat. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Brazil, Portugal) -a Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tat === Noun === habitat 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 === Further reading === “habitat”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “habitat”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 “habitat”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “habitat”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “habitat”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French habitat. === Noun === habitat n (plural habitate) habitat ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xabǐtaːt/ Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tat === Noun === habìtāt m inan (Cyrillic spelling хабѝта̄т) habitat == Turkish == === Etymology === From French habitat. === Noun === habitat (definite accusative habitatı, plural habitatlar) habitat ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== yaşam alanı