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inhabitant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/

Etymology

From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.

Meanings

(not-comparable) resident

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
enhabitant		alternative	lexicographic

inhabitant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(California) audio
/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/

Etymology

Meanings

Someone or thing who lives in a place.
- I believed it in the same way one of you might believe there are inhabitants in the planet Mars. I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 216:
- About 98 per cent of Taiwan's inhabitants are Han Chinese, a diverse mix of ethnic and linguistic groups, including Hakka, Cantonese and Fujianese, who came from China's southern coast. Taiwan's other two per cent are from one of the nine indigenous tribes, which are scattered throughout the island but largely concentrated along the east coast and in the Central Mountain Range. 2007 April, Julie Grundvig, “TAIWAN”, in The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103, column 2:
- It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands. 1957 November 14, J. Spencer Gilks, “Centenary of the Bridport Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
(qualifier:type theory) A possible value for a type.
- One way to observe this connection with mathematics is by mapping each type to its cardinality, a count of the inhabitants of that type. 2021, Martin Odersky et al., chapter 19, in Programming in Scala, 5th edition, Artima, →ISBN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
inhabitants	Number=Plur		lexicographic
enhabitant		alternative	lexicographic

Translations (167)

ar سَاكِن (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nl bewoner (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cs obyvatelka (someone or thing who lives in a place) · th พสกนิกร (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ky тургун (someone or thing who lives in a place) · grc οἰκήτωρ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · uk ме́шканка (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh жи́тељица (someone or thing who lives in a place) · bg жи́телка (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cmn 居住者 (someone or thing who lives in a place) · mk жител (someone or thing who lives in a place) · lt gyventojas (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ru обита́тельница (someone or thing who lives in a place) · be жыха́р (someone or thing who lives in a place) · enm dweller (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sk obyvateľka (someone or thing who lives in a place) · tg сокин (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ja 居住者 (someone or thing who lives in a place) · kmr akincî (someone or thing who lives in a place) · alt кижи (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ki mũikari (someone or thing who lives in a place) · mnb dhiwa (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cu жител҄ь (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cmn 居民 (someone or thing who lives in a place) · hi रहनेवाला (someone or thing who lives in a place) · kk тұрғын (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cu жителинъ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pt habitante (someone or thing who lives in a place) · grc κάτοικος (someone or thing who lives in a place) · be насе́льнік (someone or thing who lives in a place) · la cultrīx (someone or thing who lives in a place) · hi निवासी (someone or thing who lives in a place) · la habitātor (someone or thing who lives in a place) · la habitātrīx (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sq banor (someone or thing who lives in a place) · uk ме́шканець (someone or thing who lives in a place) · de Bewohner (someone or thing who lives in a place) · hi वासी (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh žiteljka (someone or thing who lives in a place) · chr ᎡᎯ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · be жы́целька (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cy preswylydd (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fr habitante (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ro locuitor (someone or thing who lives in a place) · be насе́льніца (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sk obyvateľ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · eo enloĝantino (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh žítelj (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ca habitant (someone or thing who lives in a place) · de Einwohner (someone or thing who lives in a place) · tk ýaşaýjysy (someone or thing who lives in a place) · yo olùgbé (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pa ਬਾਸ਼ਿੰਦਾ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fr résidente (someone or thing who lives in a place) · liv jelānikā (someone or thing who lives in a place) · an habitant (someone or thing who lives in a place) · es habitante (someone or thing who lives in a place) · he תּוֹשֶׁבֶת \ תושבת (someone or thing who lives in a place) · izh asunikka (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ka მკვიდრი (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh stanòvnīk (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ru обита́тель (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pl mieszkanka (someone or thing who lives in a place) · lb Awunner (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sl prebivalec (someone or thing who lives in a place) · de Einwohnerin (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ga áitreabhach (someone or thing who lives in a place) · az sakin (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ru жи́тель (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sw mwenyeji (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ko 거주자 (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh житељка (someone or thing who lives in a place) · he תושב \ תּוֹשָׁב (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh stanòvnica (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ka მცხოვრები (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ru жи́тельница (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ro locuitoare (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ceb lumulupyo (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fa ساکن (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fi asukas (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh стано̀внӣк (someone or thing who lives in a place) · th พลเมือง (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ext abitanti (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ckt нымытваԓьын (someone or thing who lives in a place) · it abitante (someone or thing who lives in a place) · lb Awunnerin (someone or thing who lives in a place) · km អ្នកស្រុក (someone or thing who lives in a place) · uk жи́телька (someone or thing who lives in a place) · bg жи́тел (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nl inwoonster (someone or thing who lives in a place) · oc abitanta (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ar سُكَّان (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh стано̀вница (someone or thing who lives in a place) · hy բնակիչ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · la incola (someone or thing who lives in a place) · kmr şênî (someone or thing who lives in a place) · da indbygger (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ms penghuni (someone or thing who lives in a place) · be жы́цель (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ang būend (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh žíteljica (someone or thing who lives in a place) · kk мекендеуші (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ja 住民 (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cs obyvatel (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ko 주민 (someone or thing who lives in a place) · de Bewohnerin (someone or thing who lives in a place) · uz turuvchi (someone or thing who lives in a place) · tr oturan (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fa مقیم (someone or thing who lives in a place) · be жыха́рка (someone or thing who lives in a place) · mk жителка (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nn innbyggjar (someone or thing who lives in a place) · kim черлеғші (someone or thing who lives in a place) · eo loĝanto (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ar أَهْل (someone or thing who lives in a place) · tr sakin (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nl inwoner (someone or thing who lives in a place) · vi cư dân (someone or thing who lives in a place) · et asukas (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sl prebivalka (someone or thing who lives in a place) · uk жи́тель (someone or thing who lives in a place) · eu biztanle (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sv invånare (someone or thing who lives in a place) · te నివాసి (someone or thing who lives in a place) · arz ساكن (someone or thing who lives in a place) · id penduduk (someone or thing who lives in a place) · bg обита́телка (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pdc Eiwuhner (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sco indwaller (someone or thing who lives in a place) · bn বাসিন্দা (someone or thing who lives in a place) · io habitanto (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pdt Bewona (someone or thing who lives in a place) · hu lakos (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sv inbyggare (someone or thing who lives in a place) · bg обита́тел (someone or thing who lives in a place) · uz yashovchi (someone or thing who lives in a place) · mn суугч (someone or thing who lives in a place) · eu bizilagun (someone or thing who lives in a place) · kmr rûniştvan (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fr résident (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fa اهل (someone or thing who lives in a place) · hu lakó (someone or thing who lives in a place) · oc abitant (someone or thing who lives in a place) · el κάτοικος (someone or thing who lives in a place) · la cultor (someone or thing who lives in a place) · cy trigiannydd (someone or thing who lives in a place) · id pemukim (someone or thing who lives in a place) · an habitanta (someone or thing who lives in a place) · eo enloĝanto (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ga áitreabhthóir (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nl bewoonster (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nb innbygger (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pa ਵਸਨੀਕ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · tg аҳл (someone or thing who lives in a place) · gl habitante (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ka მაცხოვრებელი (someone or thing who lives in a place) · lv iedzīvotājs (someone or thing who lives in a place) · az əhl (someone or thing who lives in a place) · mi kainoho (someone or thing who lives in a place) · nn ibuar (someone or thing who lives in a place) · sh жи́тељ (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fr habitant (someone or thing who lives in a place) · eo loĝantino (someone or thing who lives in a place) · is íbúi (someone or thing who lives in a place) · ar سَاكِنَة (someone or thing who lives in a place) · pl mieszkaniec (someone or thing who lives in a place) · fo íbúgvi (someone or thing who lives in a place)

inhabitant en · ADJ

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inhabitant en · NOUN

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