habitat

The word “habitat” means the natural environment where a plant or animal normally lives. In plain terms, the place or conditions where a living thing naturally exists.

“Habitat” is pronounced HAB-ih-tat (/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/ in IPA).

Here is “habitat” used in a sentence: “Deforestation is destroying the orangutan's natural habitat.”

“Habitat” is a noun.

The word “habitat” comes from Latin. From Latin habitat ("it dwells"), originally used by naturalists like Linnaeus in Latin descriptions such as "Habitat in Europa.".

“Habitat” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

A habitat is the natural environment where a particular plant or animal normally lives, such as a pond or a woodland. An ecosystem is the whole community of living things in an area plus their non-living surroundings, all interacting as a system. One ecosystem can contain many different habitats.

Environment is the general word for everything surrounding an organism. A habitat is more specific: the particular natural environment in which a species normally lives and to which it is suited, such as a coral reef for a clownfish.

Habitat chiefly describes where plants and animals normally live, and dictionaries define it that way. It is sometimes extended to people, as when planners discuss human habitat, but in everyday English words like home, housing, or environment are more natural for humans.