Meanings
inhabitable1
comparative more inhabitable · superlative most inhabitable
- Fit to live in; habitable.
It is more ſuitable to the wiſdom, power and greatneſs of God, to think that the fixt Stars are all of them Suns, with Syſtems of inhabitable Planets moving about them, to whoſe Inhabitants he diſplays the marks of his Goodneſs as well as to us[…]
a. 1704, John Locke, “Elements of Natural Philosophy”, in A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Locke, London: J. Bettenham for R. Francklin, published 1710, pages 190–191
inhabitable2
comparative more inhabitable · superlative most inhabitable
- obsoleteNot habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
[…] Which to maintaine, I would allow him ods, / And meete him were I tied to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote, […]
1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature A3, recto
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
inhabitable · adjective
- Latininhabitābilis“uninhabitable”
- Middle Frenchinhabitable
- Middle Englishinhabitable
- Englishinhabitable
From Middle English inhabitable, inhabytabill, from Middle French inhabitable and its etymon Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- + habitable.
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Bulgarian подходящ за живеене
- подходящ за живеене (podhodjašt za živeene)fit to live in
Chinese Mandarin 家居的
- 家居的fit to live in
Czech obyvatelný
- obyvatelnýfit to live in
Dutch bewoonbaar
- bewoonbaarfit to live in
Esperanto enloĝebla
- enloĝeblafit to live in
Finnish asumiskelpoinen
- asumiskelpoinenfit to live in
French habitable
- habitablefit to live in
German bewohnbar
- bewohnbarfit to live in
Greek κατοικήσιμος
- κατοικήσιμος (katoikísimos)fit to live in
Hindi वासयोग्य
- वासयोग्य (vāsyogya)fit to live in
Hungarian lakható
- lakhatófit to live in
Italian abitabile
- abitabilefit to live in
Polish nadający się do zamieszkania
- nadający się do zamieszkaniafit to live in
Swedish beboelig
- beboeligfit to live in
Cite this entry
inhabitable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inhabitable
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