Meanings
verbinhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)
present singular third person inhabits · participle present inhabiting · participle past inhabited · past inhabited · alternative obsolete enhabit
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo be present in.
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Origin
- Latininhabitāre
- Old Frenchenhabiter
- Englishinhabit
From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre (in + habitāre).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek οἰκέω, ναίω
- οἰκέω (oikéō)to live or reside in some place
- ναίω (naíō)to live or reside in some place
Arabic أَقَام, قَطَن
- أَقَام (ʔaqām)to live or reside in some place
- قَطَن (qaṭan)to live or reside in some place
- سَكَن (sakan)to live or reside in some place
Bulgarian живея в, обитавам
- живея в (živeja v)to live or reside in some place
- обитавам (obitavam)to live or reside in some place
Catalan habitar, habitar
- habitarto live or reside in some place
- habitarto be present in some place
Czech obývat
- obývatto live or reside in some place
Dutch wonen
- wonento live or reside in some place
Esperanto loĝi
- loĝito live or reside in some place
Finnish asuttaa, täyttää
- asuttaato live or reside in some place
- täyttääto be present in some place
French habiter
- habiterto live or reside in some place
German bewohnen
- bewohnento live or reside in some place
Greek κατοικώ, ενοικώ
- κατοικώ (katoikó)to live or reside in some place
- ενοικώ (enoikó)to live or reside in some place
- κατοικώ (katoikó)to be present in some place
Hindi वास, निवास
- वास (vās)to live or reside in some place
- निवास (nivās)to live or reside in some place
Hungarian lakik
- lakikto live or reside in some place
Irish áitrigh
- áitrighto live or reside in some place
Italian abitare, abitare
- abitareto live or reside in some place
- abitareto be present in some place
Korean 거주하다
- 거주하다 (geojuhada)to live or reside in some place
Latin possideo, habito
- possideoto live or reside in some place
- habitoto live or reside in some place
- incolōto live or reside in some place
- possideoto be present in some place
Polish zamieszkiwać, zamieszkać
- zamieszkiwaćto live or reside in some place
- zamieszkaćto live or reside in some place
- zajmowaćto be present in some place
- zająćto be present in some place
- wypełniaćto be present in some place
- wypełnićto be present in some place
Portuguese habitar, morar
- habitarto live or reside in some place
- morarto live or reside in some place
- viverto live or reside in some place
Russian населя́ть, жить
- населя́ть (naseljátʹ)to live or reside in some place
- жить (žitʹ)to live or reside in some place
- прожива́ть (proživátʹ)to live or reside in some place
- обита́ть (obitátʹ)to live or reside in some place
- наполня́ть (napolnjátʹ)to be present in some place
- напо́лнить (napólnitʹ)to be present in some place
- занима́ть (zanimátʹ)to be present in some place
- заня́ть (zanjátʹ)to be present in some place
Scottish Gaelic còmhnaich, àitich
- còmhnaichto live or reside in some place
- àitichto live or reside in some place
Spanish habitar, morar
- habitarto live or reside in some place
- morarto live or reside in some place
- vivirto live or reside in some place
Swedish bebo, befolka
- beboto live or reside in some place
- befolkato live or reside in some place
- upptato be present in some place
Welsh cyfanheddu
- cyfanhedduto live or reside in some place
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with inhabit
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
inhabit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabit
MLA
“inhabit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inhabit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabit.
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