habitat
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“I live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit and ignoramus from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæbɪtæt/, [ˈhæbɪtæʔ]
Audio (RP) (file)
NounEdit
habitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats)
- (uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- (countable, biology) A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.
- (countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
- 2006, John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport, The Ecology of Transportation[1], page 248:
- rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.
- A place in which a person lives.
- 2006 June, Jessica Houssian, “Hot List”, in Bazaar, number 3535, page 146:
- this book is just the impetus you need to clear the clutter and reorganize your habitat.
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ReferencesEdit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “habitat”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
habitat m (feminine habitada, masculine plural habitats, feminine plural habitades)
- past participle of habitar
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
habitat m (plural habitats)
Further readingEdit
- “habitat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
habitat
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin habitatus, from habitare
NounEdit
habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat or habitater, definite plural habitata or habitatene)
- a habitat
ReferencesEdit
- “habitat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin habitatus, from habitare
NounEdit
habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat, definite plural habitata)
- a habitat
ReferencesEdit
- “habitat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
habitat m (plural habitats)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
habitat n (plural habitate)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) habitat | habitatul | (niște) habitate | habitatele |
genitive/dative | (unui) habitat | habitatului | (unor) habitate | habitatelor |
vocative | habitatule | habitatelor |
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
habìtāt m (Cyrillic spelling хабѝта̄т)
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
habitat (definite accusative habitatı, plural habitatlar)
SynonymsEdit
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | habitat | |
Definite accusative | habitatı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | habitat | habitatlar |
Definite accusative | habitatı | habitatları |
Dative | habitata | habitatlara |
Locative | habitatta | habitatlarda |
Ablative | habitattan | habitatlardan |
Genitive | habitatın | habitatların |