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habitable

American  
[hab-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈhæb ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being inhabited.

habitable British  
/ ˈhæbɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. able to be lived in

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Other Word Forms

  • habitability noun
  • habitableness noun
  • habitably adverb
  • nonhabitability noun
  • nonhabitable adjective
  • nonhabitableness noun
  • nonhabitably adverb
  • unhabitable adjective
  • unhabitableness noun
  • unhabitably adverb

Etymology

Origin of habitable

1350–1400; Middle English habitābilis, equivalent to habitā ( re ) to inhabit ( habitat ) + -bilis -ble; replacing Middle English abitable < Middle French

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