inhabit

English

Alternative forms

• enhabit (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪt/
• Hyphenation: in‧hab‧it

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• Rhymes: -æbɪt

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

1. (transitive) To live or reside in.

   Synonyms: bedwell; see also Thesaurus:reside

   The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.

   • 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer:

     O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

2. (transitive) To be present in.

   Synonym: occupy

   Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

Derived terms

• inhabitable

Related terms

• inhabitant

Translations

to live or reside in some place

• Arabic: أَقَام (ʔaqām), قَطَن (qaṭan), سَكَن (sakan)

  Egyptian Arabic: سكن (seken)

  Moroccan Arabic: سْكن (skən)

• Atayal: mutuw
• Bulgarian: живея в (živeja v), обитавам (bg) (obitavam)
• Burmese: ကျက်စား (my) (kyakca:)
• Catalan: habitar (ca)
• Czech: obývat
• Dutch: wonen (nl)
• Finnish: asuttaa (fi)
• French: habiter (fr)
• Galician: habitar (gl)
• German: bewohnen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan)
• Greek: κατοικώ (el) (katoikó), ενοικώ (el) (enoikó)

  Ancient: οἰκέω (oikéō), ναίω (naíō) (Epic)

• Hungarian: lakik (hu)
• Irish: áitrigh

  Old Irish: ad·treba

• Italian: abitare (it)
• Korean: 거주하다 (ko) (geojuhada)
• Ladino: morar
• Latin: possideo, habito (la), incolō
• Macedonian: живее (živee), престојува (prestojuva)
• Occitan: abitar (oc)
• Polish: zamieszkiwać (pl)
• Portuguese: habitar (pt), morar (pt), viver (pt)
• Russian: населя́ть (ru) impf (naseljátʹ), жить (ru) impf (žitʹ), прожива́ть (ru) impf (proživátʹ), обита́ть (ru) impf (obitátʹ)
• Sanskrit: क्षेति (kṣeti)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaich, àitich
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wobydliś pf

• Spanish: habitar (es), morar (es), vivir (es)
• Swedish: bebo (sv), befolka (sv)
• Walloon: dimorer (wa), dimani (wa)
• Welsh: cyfanheddu

to be present in some place

• Catalan: habitar (ca)
• Finnish: täyttää (fi)
• Galician: habitar (gl)
• Greek: κατοικώ (el) (katoikó)
• Italian: abitare (it)
• Latin: possideo
• Polish: zajmować (pl), wypełniać (pl)
• Russian: наполня́ть (ru) impf (napolnjátʹ), напо́лнить (ru) pf (napólnitʹ), занима́ть (ru) impf (zanimátʹ), заня́ть (ru) pf (zanjátʹ)
• Swedish: uppta (sv)

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• Old English: ^{(please verify)} būan
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} habitar (es)