habitable

[ hab-i-tuh-buh l ]
/ ˈhæb ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

capable of being inhabited.

Origin of habitable

1350–1400; Middle English habitābilis, equivalent to habitā(re) to inhabit (see habitat) + -bilis -ble; replacing Middle English abitable < Middle French

OTHER WORDS FROM habitable

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH habitable

habitable inhabitable uninhabitable

Words nearby habitable

habima, habiru, habit, habit spasm, habit-forming, habitable, habitan, habitancy, habitant, habitat, habitation

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British Dictionary definitions for habitability

habitable
/ (ˈhæbɪtəbəl) /

adjective

able to be lived in

Derived forms of habitable

habitability or habitableness, noun habitably, adverb