habitable

[hab-i-tuh-buh l] /ˈhæb ɪ tə bəl/

adjective

capable of being inhabited.

Origin

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

Related forms

habitability, habitableness, noun

habitably, adverb

nonhabitability, noun

nonhabitable, adjective

nonhabitableness, noun

nonhabitably, adverb

unhabitable, adjective

unhabitableness, noun

unhabitably, adverb

Can be confused

habitable, inhabitable, uninhabitable.

Examples from the web for habitable

He earned a bachelor's degree while working full time and living in a small, barely habitable house with three family members.
By it is the universe made safe and habitable, not by science or power.
In the houses which were left habitable, mould and spores grew during the many humid weeks when the city lacked electricity.
She bought an abandoned farm and made the buildings more or less habitable as best she could.
They reportedly also constructed an enormous underground habitable bunker that could serve as a bomb shelter.
Scientists might have picked the right star for hosting a habitable world, but got the planet wrong.
The cabins are retreats built with no direct line-of-sight to any other habitable part of the lodge.
The crater and sediments contain minerals that formed in the presence of water and suggest potentially habitable environments.
Scientists say they are closing in on finding distant worlds in the habitable zones of their stars.
Now that the cabin can be officially occupied, my work is to make it habitable and comfortable before settling in.

British Dictionary definitions for habitable

habitable

/ˈhæbɪtəbəl/

adjective

able to be lived in

Derived Forms

habitability, habitableness, noun
habitably, adverb

Word Origin and History for habitable

adj.

late 14c., from Old French habitable "suitable for human dwelling" (14c.), from Latin habitabilis "that is fit to live in," from habitare (see habitat). Related: Habitably; habitability.