roommate

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈɹumˌmeɪt/

Noun

roommate (plural roommates)

1. A person with whom one shares a room, as at university etc.
2. (US, AU, Canada) A person (UK: flatmate, housemate, AU: sharemate) sharing the same home (sharehome).
   • 2016, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170918070146/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-3-i-am-here/3126527.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)

     I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.

Synonyms

• (informal) roomie
• (US) flatmate, housemate

Translations

• French: camarade de chambre, (dormitory) camarade de chambrée, copiaule, cothurne
• German: Mitbewohner, Mitbewohnerin, Zimmergenosse, Zimmergenossin, Zimmerkollege, Zimmerkollegin
• Italian: compagno di stanza
• Portuguese: companheiro de quarto, colega de quarto
• Russian: сосе́д по комната
• Spanish: compañero de cuarto

Translations

• French: colocataire, (familiar) coloc
• Italian: coinquilino
• Portuguese: colocatário, coabitante
• Russian: сосе́д по квартира

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