Meanings
plural habitats
- uncountablebiologyConditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
- countablebiologyA range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
- countablebiologyA 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 - countableuncountableA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinhabitat“it dwells, lives”
- Englishhabitat
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.
More words from Latin
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Arabic مَوْطِن
- مَوْطِن (mawṭin)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Bulgarian ареал, естествена среда
- ареал (areal)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- естествена среда (estestvena sreda)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Catalan hàbitat
- hàbitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Chinese Mandarin 棲息地 /栖息地
- 棲息地 /栖息地 (qīxīdì PRC, qīxídì Taiwan)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Danish levested, habitat
- levestednatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- udbredelsesområdenatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Dutch leefgebied, habitat
- leefgebiednatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Finnish elinympäristö, elinpaikka
- elinympäristönatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- elinpaikkanatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- habitaattinatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
French habitat
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
German natürlicher Lebensraum, Standort
- natürlicher Lebensraumtype of site where an organism naturally occurs
- Standorttype of site where an organism naturally occurs
- Heimattype of site where an organism naturally occurs
- Biotoparea distinguished by special natural features
- Lebensraumarea distinguished by special natural features
- Biotopteilarea distinguished by special natural features
- Teilhabitatarea distinguished by special natural features
- Teillebensraumarea distinguished by special natural features
- Habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- Lebensbedingungennatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- Lebensraumnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Hindi वास
- वास (vās)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Indonesian biotop, habitat
- biotoparea distinguished by special natural features
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- tempat hidupnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Italian habitat
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Japanese 生息地
- 生息地 (seisokuchi)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Korean 서식지
- 서식지 (seosikji)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Latvian dzīvotne
- dzīvotnenatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Malay habitat
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Norwegian Bokmål habitat, levested
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
- levestednatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Persian زیستگاه
- زیستگاه (zistgâh)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Polish siedlisko
- siedliskonatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Portuguese habitat
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Romanian habitat
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Russian среда́ обита́ния
- среда́ обита́ния (sredá obitánija)natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Spanish hábitat
- hábitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Tagalog tirahanan
- tirahanannatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Turkish habitat
- habitatnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
Welsh cynefin
- cynefinnatural conditions in which a plant or animal lives
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Cite this entry
habitat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habitat
“habitat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habitat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “habitat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/habitat.
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