habitude

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English habitude, from Middle French habitude, from Latin habitūdō (“condition, plight, habit, appearance”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/ Rhymes: -uːd === Noun === habitude (countable and uncountable, plural habitudes) (archaic) The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament. (archaic) Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature 1683, John Dryden, Life of Plutarch (21) An habitude of commanding his passions in order to his health. (obsolete) Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect. (obsolete) In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects. (obsolete) habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse. (obsolete) an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar. 1676, George Etherege, The Man of Mode (4.1) La Corneus and Sallyes were the only habitudes we had. Habit; custom; usage. 1599, James I of England, Basilikon Doron (28) Which […] by long habitude, are thought rather vertue than vice among them. (obsolete, chemistry, in the plural) The various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction. 1818, Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics (32) Most authors who have had occasion to describe naphthaline, have noticed its habitudes with sulphuric acid. ==== Derived terms ==== habitudinal ==== Translations ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “habitude”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == French == === Etymology === From Latin habitūdō. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.tyd/ === Noun === habitude f (plural habitudes) habit (action done on a regular basis) ==== Derived terms ==== avoir habitude d'habitude par habitude === Further reading === “habitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Noun === habitude (plural habitudes) habit (action done on a regular basis) == Middle French == === Etymology === First known attestation 1365, borrowed from Latin habitūdō. The meaning 'habit' seems to have developed under the influence of habituer (“to habituate” reflexively “to become habituated”). === Noun === habitude f (plural habitudes) relationship habit (action done on a regular basis) === References ===