habitant
/abitɑ̃/
habitant noun: a member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
Noun (1)
habitant (plural habitants)
- A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
Noun (2)
IPA/ˈhabɪtənt/
habitant (plural habitants)
- Synonym of inhabitant /dweller.
- The last dark branches which intercepted his view gave way, and he saw a heap of blackened ruins. Scarcely aware of his own actions, he sprang from his horse. A single glance convinced him it could harbour no human habitant.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 288–289
- Myriads of habitants are ever sleeping,
Or dead, or fled from nameless pestilence!1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- Synonyms:
- inhabitant /dweller
habitant meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
habitant in Tamil
- குடியிருப்பவர், வசிப்பவர்
habitant in Urdu
- باشندہ, باسی, رہنے والا
habitant in Kannada
- ನಿವಾಸಿ, ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವವ, ನೆಲಸುಗ, ಇರುಗ
Synonyms of habitant
- inhabitant /dweller
Forms of habitant
| plural | habitants |
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Origin of habitant
From French habitant.
From Middle English habytaunt, from Middle French habitant. By surface analysis, habit (“to inhabit”) + -ant.
Questions about habitant
- What does habitant mean?
- Habitant means a member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
- What is habitant in Tamil?
- Habitant in Tamil is குடியிருப்பவர், வசிப்பவர். See Habitant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is habitant?
- Habitant is a noun.
- How do you pronounce habitant?
- Habitant is pronounced /abitɑ̃/.
- What is the plural of habitant?
- The plural of habitant is habitants.
Words near habitant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: habitant (page history and authors); habitant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); habitant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); habitant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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