habitable

adj.
Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable: habitable land.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin habitābilis, from habitāre, to dwell, frequentative of habēre, to have.]

habitability hab'it·a·bil'i·ty n.
habitably hab'it·a·bly adv.

Being in a condition appropriate for human habitation.
Example: It required a big effort to make the house habitable. The heating system had to be replaced, several windows reglazed, and a rodent infestation cured.

adjective

Fit to live in: inhabitable, livable. See comfort/discomfort.

adj

Definition: fit to live in
Antonyms: uninhabitable

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IN BRIEF: Fit to be lived in.

Look round the habitable world! — John Dryden (1631-1700)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - beboelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewoonbaar

Français (French)
adj. - habitable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bewohnbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κατοικήσιμος

Italiano (Italian)
abitabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - habitável

Русский (Russian)
пригодный для жилья, обитаемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - habitable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - beboelig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可居住的, 适于居住的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可居住的, 適於居住的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 살 수 있는, 거주에 적당한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 住むことができる, 住める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صالح للسكنى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ראוי למגורים‬

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