inhabitable

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ Hyphenation: in‧hab‧it‧a‧ble === Etymology 1 === From inhabit +‎ -able. ==== Adjective ==== inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable) Fit to live in; habitable. ===== Usage notes ===== While the usage is obsolete, inhabitable can also be an antonym of habitable and have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, one may prefer to use habitable or another synonym. Compare inflammable. ===== Antonyms ===== uninhabitable unhabitable ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English inhabitable, inhabytabill, from Middle French inhabitable and its etymon Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- +‎ habitable. ==== Adjective ==== inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable) (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. ===== Usage notes ===== Inhabitable can also be an antonym of uninhabitable and have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, one may prefer to use uninhabitable or another synonym. Compare uninteresting. Fortunately, this opposite meaning is obsolete and the sense of "suitable for life" is far more prevalent today. === References === == French == === Etymology === From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- +‎ habitable. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.na.bi.tabl/ Rhymes: -abl Homophone: inhabitables === Adjective === inhabitable (plural inhabitables) uninhabitable === Further reading === “inhabitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inabiˈtable/ [i.na.β̞iˈt̪a.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: in‧ha‧bi‧ta‧ble === Adjective === inhabitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inhabitables) uninhabitable Antonym: habitable === Further reading === “inhabitable”, 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