inhabit

English

Alternative forms

enhabit (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪt/
Hyphenation: in‧hab‧it
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æbɪt

Verb

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

(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?
(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 (ʾaqām), 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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Translations to be checked

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