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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese abito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin habitus (“attire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hábito m (plural hábitos)
- habit (an action done on a regular basis)
- Synonyms: obenza, vezo
- habit (clothing of priests and nuns)
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hábito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hábito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “hábito”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- “hábito” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abito, borrowed from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -abitu
- Hyphenation: há‧bi‧to
Noun
hábito m (plural hábitos)
- habit (an action done on a regular basis)
- Synonyms: costume, vício, rotina
- habit (clothing of priests and nuns)
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation
Noun
hábito m (plural hábitos)
- habit, custom
- Synonym: costumbre
- habit (of a monk)
- military rank
- insignia (indicating a military rank)
- (mineralogy) habit (of a crystal)
Derived terms
Further reading