habitual

From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin habitualis, from Latin habitus.

• habituall (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /həˈbɪtʃuəl/, /həˈbɪtʃwəl/

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habitual (comparative more habitual, superlative most habitual)

1. Behaving in a regular manner, as a habit.

   He's a habitual chain-smoker.

2. Recurring, or that is performed over and over again.

   Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.

3. Regular or usual.

   Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.

4. (linguistics) Pertaining to an action performed usually, ordinarily, or customarily.

   Synonym: consuetudinal

• habitual aborter
• habituality
• habitually
• habitualness

• habit

habitual (plural habituals)

1. One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
2. (grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.bi.tuˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bi.tuˈal/

habitual (masculine and feminine plural habituals)

1. habitual; usual

• “habitual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

habitual m or f (plural habituais)

1. habitual
2. common

habitual m or f (plural habituais, comparable)

1. habitual (behaving in a regular manner, as a habit)
2. habitual (recurring, or that is performed over and over again)

• hábito

From Latin habituālis.

• IPA^(key): /abiˈtwal/, [aβiˈt̪wal]

habitual (plural habituales)

1. habitual

habitual m (plural habituales)

1. (Louisiana) beans.

   No quiero nada mas que habitual, cafe, y pan. ― I don't want anything more than beans, coffee, and bread.

• habitualmente

• hábito

• “habitual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.