B1noun · countable / uncountable · common

habitat

habitat · habitats

среда обитания

Lebensraum, Standort, natürlicher Lebensraum, Lebensbedingungen

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

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US/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/

» Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.

Ihr Lebensraum ist durch Abholzung bedroht.

Их среда обитания находится под угрозой из-за вырубки лесов.

Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable)Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area.
natürlicher Lebensraum, Standort, Heimat
(countable)A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
(countable)A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
Biotop, Lebensraum, Biotopteil
(countable, uncountable)A place in which a person lives.
Habitat, Lebensbedingungen, Lebensraum
среда́ обита́нияsredá obitánija
the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs

Examples

64 sentences

Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.
ruИх среда обитания находится под угрозой из-за вырубки лесов.
deIhr Lebensraum ist durch Abholzung bedroht.
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I live in a space habitat.
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He observed pandas in their natural habitat.
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Here, heathers are in their natural habitat.
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We're destroying the natural habitat of these animals.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

type of site where an organism naturally occurs:

area distinguished by special natural features:

natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives:

Origin

From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative

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.

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