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See also: Habitus
English
Etymology
From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habeō (“have; maintain”). The plural habiti is a misconstruction, as the Latin plural is in fact habitūs. habiti may have been influenced by Latin habitī, the plural of the participle habitus; however, it is not the etymon of the English term.
Pronunciation
Noun
habitus (usually uncountable, plural habiti or habitus or habituses)
- (zoology) Habitude; mode of life; bearing.
- (zoology, chiefly invertebrates) General appearance.
- 1963, Alan H. Cheetham, Late Eocene Zoogeography of the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, page 30:
- [M]any species having eschariform zoaria in quiet water are able to assume the membraniporiform habitus in strongly agitated water.
- (botany) habit
- (anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
- (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
- 2019, Raúl Sánchez García, “Reformulation, expansion, and hybridisation of Japanese martial arts”, in The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part III (Martial artists):
- A wrestler could gain the rank of ōzeki based on his competitive achievements, but the promotion to yokozuna implied the presence of a certain habitus than embodied the quintessential traditional Japaneseness.
- (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.
Usage notes
- The main distinction between usage in botany versus zoology is that a plant's habit is a more or less technical statement of its growth form and structure (e.g. liana vs. tree vs. acaulescent herbaceous), while in zoology, the habitus is often not even qualified or described other than to serve as a more technical statement that the taxon resembles another. This is especially common for Hexapoda and Arachnida.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “habitus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit”), a noun based on habeō (“have; maintain”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ha‧bi‧tus
Noun
habitus m (plural habitussen or habitus)
- manner, behaviour
- general physical appearance such as shape of the body
- (botany) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant
Descendants
- → Indonesian: habitus
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English habitus), ultimately from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation
Noun
habitus
Declension
Synonyms
Further reading
- “habitus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch habitus, from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /haˈbitus/ [haˈbi.t̪ʊs]
- Rhymes: -itus
- Syllabification: ha‧bi‧tus
Noun
habitus (plural habitus-habitus)
- habitus, habit (the general shape, appearance, or characteristic)
- (sociology) habitus (the lifestyle, etc. of particular social groups)
- habit (an action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
Related terms
Further reading
- “habitus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of habeō (“have”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈha.bɪ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.bi.t̪us]
Participle
habitus (feminine habita, neuter habitum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
- Sardinian: àpidu, àpitu, àpiu
Etymology 2
From habeō (I have) + -tus (noun formation suffix). Distantly related to gift.
Noun
habitus m (genitive habitūs); fourth declension
- external aspect, appearance, posture, frame
- habit; disposition; character
- physical or emotional condition
- dress, attire
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Descendants
- → Asturian: hábitu
- → Bulgarian: хабитус (habitus)
- → Catalan: hàbit
- → Dutch: habitus
- → English: habit, habitus
- → Finnish: habitus
- → German: Habitus
- → Italian: abito
- → Lombard: abet
- → Old French: abit (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Irish: aibit
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: abito
- → Polish: habit
- → Russian: га́битус (gábitus)
- → Spanish: hábito
- → Ukrainian: габітус (habitus)
- → Venetan: abito
- → Cimbrian: abito
References
- “habitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “habitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- habitus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- "habitus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
- humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)
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Romanian
Etymology
Noun
habitus n (plural habitusuri)
Declension
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