habitable
US/ˈhæbɪtəbəl/
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British/ˈhabɪtəb(ə)l/
habitable adjective: safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
Adjective
habitable (comparative more habitable, superlative most habitable)
- Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
- After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.
- Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.
- Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.
habitable meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
habitable in Hindi
- where humans or other animals can live — see also inhabitable
- वासयोग्य vāsyogya
habitable in Marathi
- राहण्यायोग्य, राहण्याजोगी
habitable in Urdu
- قابل اقامت, قابل رہائش
habitable in Bengali
- বসবাসযোগ্য, বাসযোগ্য
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- habitable in Telugu
- నివాసయోగ్యమైనది, నివాసయోగ్యమైన
- habitable in Malayalam
- നിവാസ്യയോഗ്യ, വാസയോഗ്യ, കുടിയിരിക്കത്തക്ക
- habitable in Kannada
- ವಾಸಯೋಗ್ಯ, ವಾಸಿಸಲು ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗಿರುವ, ತಂಗಬಲ್ಲ, ಇರಬಲ್ಲ
- habitable in Punjabi
- ਰਹਿਣ ਯੋਗ, ਰਹਿਣਯੋਗ
- habitable in Gujarati
- વસવાટયોગ્ય
- habitable in Odia
- ବାସଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼, ବସବାସଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼
- habitable in Sanskrit
- क्षेम kṣéma
- habitable in Nepali
- निवासयोग्य, आवासयोग्य
Examples of habitable in a sentence
- There are habitable planets orbiting many of the stars near our Sun.
- Joab is a two-mooned habitable planet that is most well known for its mass extinction event.
- Between the two is a barely habitable rock called Chungchu Island (zhōngzhù dǎo).
Synonyms of habitable
Antonyms
Forms of habitable
| comparative | more habitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most habitable |
Origin of habitable
From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.
Words formed from habitable
Phrases with habitable
Questions about habitable
- What does habitable mean?
- Habitable means safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
- What is habitable in Hindi?
- Habitable in Hindi is वासयोग्य (vāsyogya). See Habitable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is habitable?
- Habitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce habitable?
- Habitable is pronounced /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (US).
Words near habitable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: habitable (page history and authors); habitable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); habitable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); habitable (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); habitable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); habitable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); habitable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); habitable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); habitable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); habitable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); क्षेम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); habitable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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