habitat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“to live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit, floruit, ignoramus, and tenet from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- (countable) A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
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(countable) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.
2006, John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport, The Ecology of Transportation, page 248:
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(countable, uncountable) A place in which a person lives.
this book is just the impetus you need to clear the clutter and reorganize your habitat.
2006 June, Jessica Houssian, “Hot List”, in Bazaar, number 3535, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| habitats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
multihabitat · interhabitat · intrahabitat · habitative · mesohabitat · habitat pole · subhabitat · palaeohabitat · paleohabitat · megahabitat · agrohabitat · nonhabitat · habitat loss · macrohabitat · rabbitat · microhabitat
Relateds
Translations (56)
ca hàbitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · it habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · pt habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · lv dzīvotne (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · ms habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · nl leefgebied (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · kk тіршілік ортасы (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · nn habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · tr habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · bg естествена среда (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · fa زیستگاه (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Teillebensraum (area distinguished by special natural features) · kmr jîngeh (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · id tempat hidup (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · sl habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · nb levested (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · id biotop (area distinguished by special natural features) · ar مَوْطِن (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · bg ареал (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · ia habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · cmn 棲息地 /栖息地 (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · fi elinympäristö (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de natürlicher Lebensraum (type of site where an organism naturally occurs) · mr अधिवास (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · fi elinpaikka (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · sl življenjski prostor (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · ro habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · da habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · ru среда́ обита́ния (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · ko 서식지 (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Lebensraum (area distinguished by special natural features) · de Lebensraum (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Teilhabitat (area distinguished by special natural features) · es hábitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · pl siedlisko (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · mr प्राकृतिक वास (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · gl hábitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · da levested (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Standort (type of site where an organism naturally occurs) · ja 生息地 (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · da udbredelsesområde (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · nl habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · nb habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · cy cynefin (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · hi वास (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · fi habitaatti (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Heimat (type of site where an organism naturally occurs) · ht abita (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Biotopteil (area distinguished by special natural features) · de Biotop (area distinguished by special natural features) · fr habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · tl tirahanan (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · ka ჰაბიტატი (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · de Lebensbedingungen (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives) · id habitat (natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives)