roommate
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roommate
- /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ US
noun roommates
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A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
Similar: chambermate
- A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse). I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.
- A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
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Closest in meaning: flatmate, roomie, companion, buddy, friend, tenant, renter, partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, girl, lessee, common-law, lover, contract, mate
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noun a person with whom one shares a room
| Español | compañero de cuarto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동숙인 dongsugin, 룸메이트 rummeiteu |
| 日本語 | 同居人 dōkyonin, ルームメイト rūmumēto, 部屋っ子 heyakko |
| 中文 | 室友 shìyǒu, 同屋 tóngwū |
| हिन्दी | सहवासी sahvāsī |
| Português | companheiro de quarto, colega de quarto |
| Français | camarade de chambre, camarade de chambrée, copiaule, cothurne |
| Deutsch | Mitbewohner, Mitbewohnerin, Zimmergenosse, Zimmergenossin, Zimmerkollege, Zimmerkollegin |
| Italiano | compagno di stanza, coinquilina, coinquilino |
| Ελληνικά | συγκάτοικος sygkátoikos |
| Русский | сосе́д по ко́мнате soséd po kómnate, сосе́дка по ко́мнате sosédka po kómnate, сожилец sožilec, сожилица sožilica |
| Tiếng Việt | bạn cùng phòng |
| العربية | رَفِيق السَّكَن rafīq as-sakan |
| עברית | שׁוּתָּף shutáf, שׁוּתָּפָה shutafá, שׁוּתָּפִים shutafím, שׁוּתָּפוֹת shutafót |
noun US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
| 日本語 | 同居人 dōkyonin, ルームメイト rūmumēto, ハウスメイト hausumēto, 部屋っ子 heyakko |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 室友 shìyǒu, 同屋 tóngwū |
| हिन्दी | सहवासी sahvāsī |
| Português | colocatário, coabitante |
| Français | colocataire, coloc |
| Italiano | coinquilino |
| Ελληνικά | συγκάτοικος sygkátoikos |
| עברית | בֶּן בַּיִת ben báyit |
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title = {roommate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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