Dictionary

inhabit en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈhæbɪt/

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre (in + habitāre).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To live or reside in.
   • O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone? 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer:
   • The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
2. (transitive) To be present in.
   • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

Forms

Deriveds

coinhabit · inhabitor · reinhabit · inhabitation · inhabiter · inhabitancy · inhabitability · inhabitable

Relateds

inhabitant

Synonyms

stay · occupy · inhabit · occupy · reside · belive · haunt · live · dwell · bedwell · abide · bedwell

Translations (73)

ru заня́ть (to be present in some place) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (to live or reside in some place) · la possideo (to be present in some place) · sga ad·treba (to live or reside in some place) · it abitare (to be present in some place) · ru занима́ть (to be present in some place) · el κατοικώ (to live or reside in some place) · pl zamieszkać (to live or reside in some place) · el κατοικώ (to be present in some place) · es habitar (to live or reside in some place) · la habito (to live or reside in some place) · lad morar (to live or reside in some place) · sa क्षेति (to live or reside in some place) · ary سْكن (to live or reside in some place) · bg живея в (to live or reside in some place) · wa dimorer (to live or reside in some place) · fr habiter (to live or reside in some place) · mk престојува (to live or reside in some place) · pl zająć (to be present in some place) · gl habitar (to live or reside in some place) · ar قَطَن (to live or reside in some place) · hu lakik (to live or reside in some place) · gl habitar (to be present in some place) · ang būan (to live or reside in some place) · pl zamieszkiwać (to live or reside in some place) · cy cyfanheddu (to live or reside in some place) · fi asuttaa (to live or reside in some place) · ru прожива́ть (to live or reside in some place) · ru населя́ть (to live or reside in some place) · ru жить (to live or reside in some place) · pt habitar (to live or reside in some place) · sv befolka (to live or reside in some place) · hi वास (to live or reside in some place) · la incolō (to live or reside in some place) · tay mutuw (to live or reside in some place) · de bewohnen (to live or reside in some place) · hi निवास (to live or reside in some place) · bg обитавам (to live or reside in some place) · sv uppta (to be present in some place) · my ကျက်စား (to live or reside in some place) · ar أَقَام (to live or reside in some place) · el ενοικώ (to live or reside in some place) · gd còmhnaich (to live or reside in some place) · la possideo (to live or reside in some place) · ar سَكَن (to live or reside in some place) · it abitare (to live or reside in some place) · ru наполня́ть (to be present in some place) · gd àitich (to live or reside in some place) · pl wypełniać (to be present in some place) · ga áitrigh (to live or reside in some place) · arz سكن (to live or reside in some place) · mk живее (to live or reside in some place) · ru обита́ть (to live or reside in some place) · cs obývat (to live or reside in some place) · grc ναίω (to live or reside in some place) · es vivir (to live or reside in some place) · ru напо́лнить (to be present in some place) · es morar (to live or reside in some place) · nl wonen (to live or reside in some place) · pl wypełnić (to be present in some place) · ca habitar (to live or reside in some place) · eo loĝi (to live or reside in some place) · grc οἰκέω (to live or reside in some place) · ko 거주하다 (to live or reside in some place) · sv bebo (to live or reside in some place) · oc abitar (to live or reside in some place) · fi täyttää (to be present in some place) · pt viver (to live or reside in some place) · pt morar (to live or reside in some place) · ca habitar (to be present in some place) · pl zajmować (to be present in some place) · dsb wobydliś (to live or reside in some place) · wa dimani (to live or reside in some place)