habitat
/ˈhæbəˌtæt/HA-buh-tat
/ˈhæbəˌtæt/HA-buh-tat
Meaningit dwells
Common meaning: where a creature or plant naturally lives
- habitto have, hold; to keepLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 833 · scan
- atLatin ending: it (dwells)
Journey through time
- Latinhabeō, habuī, habitum‘to have, hold’
- Frenchhabitation
- Englishhabitat‘where a creature or plant naturally lives’ · today
habit also in: habitushabitableexhibition
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin habeō ‘to have, hold; to keep’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry habeō, p. 833 · dictionary scan
Roots
- habeō, habuī, habitum Latin “to have, hold; to keep”
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