habitat

From French habitat, from habiter (“inhabit”) + -at (“-ate”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæbɪtæt/, [ˈhæbɪtæʔ]

habitat (countable and uncountable, plural habitats)

1. (uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

   This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.

2. (countable, biology) A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.
3. (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, page 248:

     rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.

4. 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.

• habitable

• Etymonline

• Tabitha

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.biˈtat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.biˈtat/
• Rhymes: -at

habitat m (feminine habitada, masculine plural habitats, feminine plural habitades)

1. past participle of habitar

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bi.ta/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: habitats

habitat m (plural habitats)

1. habitat

• “habitat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

habitat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of habitō

From Latin habitatus, from habitare

habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat or habitater, definite plural habitata or habitatene)

1. a habitat

• “habitat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin habitatus, from habitare

habitat n (definite singular habitatet, indefinite plural habitat, definite plural habitata)

1. a habitat

• “habitat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

habitat m (plural habitats)

1. (biology) habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives)

• IPA^(key): /xabǐtaːt/
• Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tat

habìtāt m (Cyrillic spelling хабѝта̄т)

1. habitat