Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inhabitable

/ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: in-hab-it-a-ble
IPA: /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fit to live in; habitable.

adj

Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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[…]"
"[…] 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, […]"

Etymology

From inhabit + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: inhabitable, inhabitābilis
Suffix: inhabit

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
British English: /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more inhabitable (comparative) most inhabitable (superlative)

Derived Forms

noninhabitable

Synonyms

habitable

Antonyms

uninhabitable unhabitable

Questions

How do you pronounce inhabitable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/.
What does inhabitable mean?: Fit to live in; habitable.
Where does inhabitable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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