inhabitant

== English == === Alternative forms === enhabitant (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit +‎ -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/ Hyphenation: in‧hab‧i‧tant === Noun === inhabitant (plural inhabitants) Someone or thing who lives in a place. Synonyms: resident, dweller; see also Thesaurus:inhabitant (type theory) A possible value for a type. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === inhabitant (not comparable) resident == Latin == === Verb === inhabitant third-person plural present active indicative of inhabitō == Old French == === Noun === inhabitant oblique singular, m (oblique plural inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative singular inhabitanz or inhabitantz, nominative plural inhabitant) inhabitant ==== Descendants ==== → English: inhabitant === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (inhabitant)