habitat

CEFRB2

/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The natural home of a plant or animal.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.

Examples

  • If you look over there, you will see a human in its natural habitat.

  • The panda's natural habitat is the bamboo forest.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈhæb.ɪ.tæʔ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

  2. Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

  3. A place in which a person lives.

More examples

In context

  • Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.

  • This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.

  • rights-of-way are usually perceived as disturbance zones that provide a habitat and corridor for non-native species.

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Origin

noun

Etymology tree Latin habitatbor. English habitat From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“to live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit, floruit, ignoramus, and tenet from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.