inhabitable
Syllables: in·hab·it·a·ble/ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/US/ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
inhabitable adjective: fit to live in; habitable.
Adjective (1)
inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)
- Fit to live in; habitable.
- It is more ſuitable to the wiſdom, power and greatneſs of God, to think that the fixt Stars are all of them Suns, with Syſtems of inhabitable Planets moving about them, to whoſe Inhabitants he diſplays the marks of his Goodneſs as well as to us[…]a. 1704, John Locke, “Elements of Natural Philosophy”, in A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Locke, London: J. Bettenham for R. Francklin, published 1710, pages 190–191
Adjective (2)
inhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)
- Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
- […] Which to maintaine, I would allow him ods, / And meete him were I tied to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote, […]1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597...
inhabitable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
inhabitable in Hindi
- fit to live in
- वासयोग्य vāsyogya
inhabitable in Tamil
- வசிக்கத்தக்க, வாழத்தக்க
inhabitable in Urdu
- inhabitable
- آباد ābād
inhabitable in Malayalam
- habitable, fit to live in, usable
- വാസയോഗ്യ, വാസോചിത, വാസ്തേയ, വസിക്കത്തക്ക, പാർപ്പിനു കൊള്ളാവുന്ന, ഉഷിതവ്യ
Antonyms of inhabitable
Forms of inhabitable
| comparative | more inhabitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inhabitable |
Origin of inhabitable
From inhabit + -able.
From Middle English inhabitable, inhabytabill, from Middle French inhabitable and its etymon Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- + habitable.
Words formed from inhabitable
Questions about inhabitable
- What does inhabitable mean?
- Inhabitable means fit to live in; habitable.
- What is inhabitable in Hindi?
- Inhabitable in Hindi is वासयोग्य (vāsyogya). See Inhabitable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inhabitable?
- Inhabitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inhabitable?
- Inhabitable is pronounced /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (UK).
Words near inhabitable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhabitable (page history and authors); inhabitable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آباد (Urdu) (page history and authors); inhabitable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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