"inhabitant" in seven languages
Meaninginhabitant
Spanish
habitante
/abiˈtante/
masc.learned
French
habitant
/abitɑ̃/
masc.learned
Italian
abitante
/abiˈtante/
masc.learned
Portuguese
habitante
/abiˈtɐ̃tʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
locuitor
/lokuiˈtor/
masc.other source · Romanian locui 'to live, dwell' (from loc, Latin LOCUM 'place') + -tor
Catalan
habitant
/əbiˈtan/
masc.learned
English
inhabitant
/ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French inhabitant
English → ItalianinhabitantabitanteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
HABITANTEM‘dwelling’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Near-identical everywhere, with one spelling trap: Italian dropped the silent h that Spanish and French keep for the eye.
English relatives: inhabitant, habitat, habit
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In a sentence
- esLa ciudad tiene dos millones de habitantes.
- frLa ville compte deux millions d'habitants.
- itLa città ha due milioni di abitanti.
- ptA cidade tem dois milhões de habitantes.
- roOrașul are două milioane de locuitori.
- caLa ciutat té dos milions d'habitants.
- enThe city has two million inhabitants.
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