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Webster 1913 Edition

Inhabitable

In-hab′it-a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
inhabitabilis
. See
Inhabit
.]
Capable of being inhabited; habitable.
Systems of
inhabitable
planets.
Locke.

In-hab′it-a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
inhabitabilis
: cf. F.
inhabitable
. See
In-
not, and
Habitable
.]
Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Inhabitable

INHAB'ITABLE

,
Adj.
[from inhabit.] Habitable; that may be inhabited; capable of affording habitation to animals. The stars may be inhabitable worlds. Some regions of the earth are not inhabitable by reason of cold or sterility. A building may be too old and decayed to be inhabitable.
1.
Not habitable. [L. inhabitabilis.] [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

inhabitable

inhabitable

English

Adjective

inhabitable ‎(comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)

  1. fit to live in; habitable (see inflammable for usage note)
    • John Locke
      Systems of inhabitable planets.
Antonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitabilis ‎(“uninhabitable”)

Adjective

inhabitable ‎(comparative more inhabitable, superlative most inhabitable)

  1. (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
    • Shakespeare
      The frozen ridges of the Alps / Or other ground inhabitable.

French

Etymology

From Middle French inhabitable, from Latin inhabitabilis ‎(“uninhabitable”), as if in- +‎ habitable

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.na.bi.tabl/
  • Rhymes: -abl
  • Homophone: inhabitables

Adjective

inhabitable m, f ‎(plural inhabitables)

  1. uninhabitable

Spanish

Adjective

inhabitable m, f ‎(plural inhabitables)

  1. uninhabitable

Antonyms

Etymology

inhabit +‎ -able.

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