inhabitant
gb/ɪnhˈæbɪtənt/ us/ɪnhˈæbɪtənt/
B2
אנגלית
~ 9500
lakos
שם עצם
B2
FORMAL
1
lakos
A2
תבנית שימוש:
an inhabitant of [a place]
The island has about 2,000 permanent inhabitants.
A szigetnek körülbelül 2000 állandó lakosa van.
Many of the city's inhabitants were forced to leave during the war.
A város sok lakosának el kellett menekülnie a háború alatt.
Desert inhabitants have adapted to survive with very little water.
The original inhabitants of the region lived by fishing and farming.
דוגמאות ללומדים
Paris has more than two million inhabitants.
Párizsnak több mint kétmillió lakosa van.
The inhabitants of this village all know each other.
Ennek a falunak a lakói mind ismerik egymást.
In winter, the town has fewer inhabitants than in summer.
The first inhabitants of this land hunted animals for food.
טעות נפוצה:
Learners sometimes say *"inhabitant in"* (e.g., *"an inhabitant in London"*). The natural pattern is *"an inhabitant of London"*. Another common confusion is between **inhabitant** (a person or animal) and **habitat** (the natural place where an animal or plant lives).
משמעות
person or animal living in a place
צירופים
local inhabitants
|original inhabitants
|native inhabitants
|city inhabitants
|inhabitants of the area
|rural inhabitants
מילים נרדפות
resident (More common and slightly less formal; usually refers to people, not animals.)
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dweller (Often used in compounds like 'city-dweller'; sounds literary or descriptive.)
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occupant (Focuses on someone who occupies a building or space, rather than a wider area.)
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local (Informal, often used in speech to mean someone who lives in a particular area.)
הפכים
visitor (Someone who comes to a place for a short time but does not live there.)
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tourist (A short-term visitor, especially for holidays, not a long-term resident.)
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outsider (Someone who does not belong to or live in a particular community or place.)
נושאים
society
|geography
|core_vocabulary
|daily_life
הגדרה
A person or animal that lives in a place for a long time or all the time.
A person or animal that lives permanently or for a long time in a particular place.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
inhabitant
IPA
GB/ɪnhˈæbɪtənt/
US/ɪnhˈæbɪtənt/
הברות והטעמה
in - hab - it - ant (4 הברות)
Stress on 2nd syllable (hab)
צורות המילה
Noun
- Base: inhabitant
- Plural: inhabitants
משפחת מילים
Forms
inhabitants
noun
Core family
inhabit
verb B2
Related words
habitat
noun B1
habitable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
uninhabited
adjective
uninhabitable
adjective
Advanced or less common
habitation
noun B2
ביטויים
inhabitant of
1/ɪnhˈæbɪtənt əv/
fixed phrase
formal
used to show where someone lives
Used before the name of a place to say that a person or animal lives there.
דוגמאות
- She is an inhabitant of the coastal town of Brighton.
- As an inhabitant of the capital, he is used to heavy traffic.
- Every inhabitant of the island was invited to the meeting.