habitation C2 Topic:House & Home US /ˌhæb.ɪˈtæɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #40639 Meanings 1 noun The state of people living in a place. The ruins showed no signs of human habitation for centuries. 2 noun A place where someone lives; a home or dwelling. The cave served as a rough habitation for the early settlers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of people living... inhabitancy 2 noun · a place where someone... abodedomiciledwellingdwelling househome Word family Forms habitations Derived forms habitational Etymology AI details From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō. habitacioun Middle English habitacion Old French habitātiōnem Latin habitātiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # habitation **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌhæb.ɪˈtæɪ.ʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 40639 ## Meanings 1. The state of people living in a place. 2. A place where someone lives; a home or dwelling. ## Examples - The ruins showed no signs of human habitation for centuries. - The cave served as a rough habitation for the early settlers. ## Derived Forms - habitational ## Roots and Affixes - Root: habitacioun - Root: habitacion - Root: habitātiōnem - Root: habitātiō ## Etymology From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō. ## AI Etymology Habitation is from Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō. Important recorded forms include habitacioun (Middle English), habitacion (Old French), habitātiōnem (Latin), and habitātiō (Latin). Current senses include the state of people living in a place and a place where someone lives; a home or dwelling. The wider family includes derived forms such as habitational. ## Topics - House & Home - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown