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habitable

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hab·it·a·ble  (hb-t-bl)
adj.
Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable: habitable land.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin habitbilis, from habitre, to dwell, frequentative of habre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]

habit·a·bili·ty n.
habit·a·bly adv.

habitable [ˈhæbɪtəbəl]
adj
able to be lived in
habitability , habitableness n
habitably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.habitable - fit for habitation; "the habitable world"
livable, liveable - fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions"

habitable
adjective fit to live in, in good repair, liveable in, fit to inhabit, fit to occupy Making the house habitable was a major undertaking.
inhabitable, unfit to live in
Translations
habitable [ˈhæbɪtəbl] ADJhabitable

habitable [ˈhæbɪtəbəl] adjhabitable

habitable
adjbewohnbar

habitable [ˈhæbɪtəbl] adjabitabile
habitable [ˈhæbɪtəbl] adjabitabile

habitable
adj habitable [ˈhӕbitəbl]
(negativeunhabitable) (usually of buildings) fit to be lived in The house is no longer habitable – the roof is collapsing. bewoonbaar صالِح للسَّكَن обитаем obyvatelný beboelig bewohnbar κατοικήσιμος habitable elamiskõlblik قابل سکونت asuttava habitable רָאוּי לִמגוּרִים निवास योग्य nastanjiv, podesan za prebivanje lakható layak dihuni íbúðarhæfur abitabile 住める 살 수 있는 tinkamas gyventi apdzīvojams sesuai untuk diduduki (on)bewoonbaar beboelig nadający się do zamieszkania habitável locuibil годный для жилья obývateľný primeren za bivanje pogodan za stanovanje beboelig ซึ่งอาศัยอยู่ได้ durdurulabilir 適於居住的 (не)придатний для житла قابل رہائش có thể ở được
n habitat [-tӕt]
the natural home of an animal or plant The Antarctic is the penguin's natural habitat. habitat بيئَه طبيعِيَّه хабитат domov, výskytiště levested die Heimat (φυσικό) περιβάλλον hábitat elukoht, kasvukoht زیستگاه elinpiiri habitat סְבִיבָה טִבעִית पशु व पौधों का प्राकृतिक-वास habitat előfordulási hely hunian kjörlendi habitat 生息地 서식 환경 tėvynė, natūrali aplinka, buveinė (auga, dzīvnieka) dabiskā vide habitat natuurlijke omgeving, habitat tilholds-/voksested, habitat środowisko habitat habitat среда обитания domov, miesto výskytu bivališče stanište lokal, naturlig hemvist ถิ่นที่อยู่ doğal çevre (動物的)棲息地;(植物的)生長地 ареал; природне середовище کسی حیوان یا نبات کا قدرتی مقام môi trường sống)栖;(
n habiˈtation
the act of living in (a building etc) These houses are not fit for human habitation. bewoning سَكَن، سُكْنى обитаване obydlí; bydlení beboelse das Wohnen κατοίκηση habitación elamine سکونت asuminen habitation מְגוּרִים निवास स्थान stanovanje lakás tempat tinggal bústaður abitazione 居住 거주지 gyvenimas dzīvošanai nederīgs tempat tinggal bewoning beboelse, bolig, (det) å bo i zamieszkiwanie habitação locuire проживание bývanie; obydlie bivanje stanovanje boende, beboende ที่อยู่อาศัย oturma 居住 проживання رہائش کرنا sự cư trú


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In her actual state, with her surrounding atmosphere certainly very much reduced, her seas for the most part dried up, her insufficient supply of water restricted, vegetation, sudden alternations of cold and heat, her days and nights of 354 hours-- the moon does not seem habitable to me, nor does she seem propitious to animal development, nor sufficient for the wants of existence as we understand it.
There is one habitable room in it, in which there is a golden bed; there you will have to live all by yourself, and don't forget that whatever you may see or hear in the night you must not scream out, for if you give as much as a single cry my sufferings will be doubled.
She had succeeded in making the room look habitable and homelike.
 
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