habitable
adjective /ˈhæbɪtəbl/
/ˈhæbɪtəbl/
(also less frequent inhabitable)
Word Family
- inhabit verb
- habitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabited adjective (≠ uninhabited)
- inhabitant noun
- habitation noun
- suitable for people to live in
- The house should be habitable by the new year.
- The room was barely habitable.
- They’ve done their best to make the house habitable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- make something
- …
- barely
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin habitabilis, from habitare ‘possess, inhabit’.