roommate

English

Etymology

From room +‎ -mate.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

roommate (plural roommates)

A person with whom one shares a room, as at university, etc.
(US, Australia, Canada) A person sharing the same home (but generally not a family member or spouse).
Synonym: sharemate

Hyponyms: flatmate, housemate
- 2016, “Learning English (public domain)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 18 September 2017:
  I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.
  
  Audio (US) (file)
(LGBT slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.

Synonyms

(informal) roomie
(UK) flatmate, housemate

Derived terms

roommatehood

Descendants

→ Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumeito)
→ Japanese: ルームメート (rūmumēto)
→ Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu)

Translations

a person with whom one shares a room

Arabic: رَفِيق السَّكَن m (rafīq as-sakan)
Armenian: սենյակակից (hy) (senyakakicʻ)
Bulgarian: съквартирант m (sǎkvartirant)
Catalan: company d'habitació m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 室友 (zh) (shìyǒu), 同屋 (zh) (tóngwū)
Czech: spolubydlící m
Dutch: kamergenoot (nl) m
Esperanto: samĉambro
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: huonetoveri
French: camarade de chambre m or f, (dormitory) camarade de chambrée m or f, copiaule (fr) m, cothurne (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Mitbewohner (de) m, Mitbewohnerin (de) f, Zimmergenosse (de) m, Zimmergenossin (de) f, Zimmerkollege (de) m, Zimmerkollegin (de) f
Greek: συγκάτοικος (el) m or f (sygkátoikos)
Hebrew: שׁוּתָּף (he) m (shutáf), שׁוּתָּפָה f (shutafá), שׁוּתָּפִים m pl (shutafím), שׁוּתָּפוֹת (shutafót)
Hungarian: szobatárs (hu)
Ido: kunvivanto (io)
Irish: comrádaí seomra m
Italian: compagno di stanza m, coinquilina f
Japanese: 同居人 (どうきょにん, dōkyonin), ルームメイト (ja) (rūmumēto); (informal) 部屋っ子 (へやっこ, heyakko)
Korean: 동숙인 (dongsugin), 룸메이트 (ko) (rummeiteu)
Latvian: istabas biedrs, istabas biedrs m, istabas biedrene f
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: ци́мер m (címer), ци́мерка f (címerka)
Norwegian: romkamerat m
Persian: هم‌اتاقی (ham-otâqi)
Polish: współlokator (pl) m, współlokatorka f
Portuguese: companheiro de quarto, colega de quarto
Russian: сосе́д по ко́мнате m (soséd po kómnate), сосе́дка по ко́мнате f (sosédka po kómnate)
Spanish: compañero de cuarto m
Swedish: rumskamrat (sv) c
Thai: เพื่อนร่วมห้อง (pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-hɔ̂ng)
Turkish: oda arkadaşı
Urdu: ہم کمرہ (ham kamra), ہم اطاق (ham utāq)
Vietnamese: bạn cùng phòng

US: with whom one shares an apartment or house

Chinese:
Mandarin: 室友 (zh) (shìyǒu), 同屋 (zh) (tóngwū)
Dutch: huisgenoot (nl) m
Esperanto: kunloĝanto
Finnish: asuintoveri; kämppäkaveri (fi) (informal)
French: colocataire (fr) m or f, (familiar) coloc (fr) m or f
Greek: συγκάτοικος (el) m or f (sygkátoikos)
Hebrew: בֶּן בַּיִת (he) m (ben báyit)
Hungarian: lakótárs (hu)
Italian: coinquilino (it) m
Japanese: 同居人 (どうきょにん, dōkyonin), ルームメイト (ja) (rūmumēto), ハウスメイト (hausumēto); (informal) 部屋っ子 (heyakko)
Macedonian: ци́мер m (címer), ци́мерка f (címerka)
Polish: współlokator (pl) m, współlokatorka f
Portuguese: colocatário m, coabitante m
Russian: сосе́д по кварти́ре/до́му m (soséd po kvartíre/dómu) сосе́дка по кварти́ре/до́му f (sosédka po kvartíre/dómu) (apartment/house)
Swedish: inneboende (sv) c, samboende c, sambo (sv) c
Tibetan: ཤག་རོགས (shag rogs)
Turkish: ev arkadaşı

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