housemate

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housemate

/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/ US

noun housemates

Someone living in the same house. ‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’ ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’
Similar: flatmate, roommate

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noun someone living in the same house

日本語	同居人 dōkyo-nin, ルームメイト rūmumēto, 部屋っ子 heyakko, ハウスメイト hausumēto
中文	室友 shìyǒu, 同屋 tóngwū
हिन्दी	सहवासी sahvāsī
Deutsch	Mitbewohner, Mitbewohnerin
Italiano	coinquilino, coinquilina
Русский	сосе́д по до́му soséd po dómu, сосе́дка по до́му sosédka po dómu

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@misc{housemate_2026,
  title = {housemate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/housemate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}