habitual

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is derived from Late Middle English habitual (“of one's inherent disposition”), from Medieval Latin habituālis (“customary; habitual”), from Latin habitus (“character; disposition; habit; physical or emotional condition; attire, dress”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as habit +‎ -ual. Habitus is derived from habeō (“to have; to hold; to own; to possess”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). The noun is derived from the adjective. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həˈbɪ.tʃʊ.əl/, /həˈbɪ.tʃwəl/, /-tjʊ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /həˈbɪ.t͡ʃʊ.əl/, /həˈbɪ.t͡ʃ(w)əl/ (Indic) IPA(key): /hab.ɪtʃ.(ʊ)wɐl/ Hyphenation: ha‧bit‧u‧al, ha‧bit‧ual === Adjective === habitual (comparative more habitual, superlative most habitual) Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring. Regular or usual. Synonyms: accustomed, customary Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly. (grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually. Synonym: consuetudinal ==== Alternative forms ==== habituall (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === habitual (plural habituals) (colloquial) One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender. (grammar) A construction representing something done habitually. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === habit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βi.tuˈal] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.bi.tuˈal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.bi.tuˈal] === Adjective === habitual m or f (masculine and feminine plural habituals) habitual; usual ==== Derived terms ==== habitualment === Further reading === “habitual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Adjective === habitual m or f (plural habituais) habitual common == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin habituālis. By surface analysis, hábito +‎ -ual. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tu‧al === Adjective === habitual m or f (plural habituais) habitual (behaving in a regular manner, as a habit) habitual (recurring, or that is performed over and over again) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “habitual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “habitual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French habituel. === Adjective === habitual m or n (feminine singular habituală, masculine plural habituali, feminine/neuter plural habituale) usual ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin habituālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abiˈtwal/ [a.β̞iˈt̪wal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: ha‧bi‧tual === Adjective === habitual m or f (masculine and feminine plural habituales) habitual ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === habitual m (plural habituales) (Louisiana) beans ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “habitual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025