inhabitable
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
- Hyphenation: in‧hab‧it‧a‧ble
Etymology 1
editAdjective
editinhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)
- Fit to live in; habitable.
- 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:
- 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 […]
Usage notes
editWhile the usage is obsolete, inhabitable can also be an antonym of habitable and have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, one may prefer to use habitable or another synonym. Compare inflammable.
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Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English inhabitable, inhabytabill, from Middle French inhabitable and its etymon Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”).[2][3] By surface analysis, in- + habitable.
Adjective
editinhabitable (comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)
- (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
- 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, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature A3, recto:
- […] 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, […]
Usage notes
editInhabitable can also be an antonym of uninhabitable and have the opposite meaning to that intended. Where such confusion might arise, one may prefer to use uninhabitable or another synonym. Compare uninteresting. Fortunately, this opposite meaning is obsolete and the sense of "suitable for life" is far more prevalent today.
References
edit- ^ “inhabitable, adj.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “inhabitāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “inhabitable, adj.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- + habitable.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /i.na.bi.tabl/
- Rhymes: -abl
- Homophone: inhabitables
Adjective
editinhabitable (plural inhabitables)
Further reading
edit- “inhabitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editinhabitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inhabitables)
- uninhabitable
- Antonym: habitable
Further reading
edit- “inhabitable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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