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Webster
1913
Edition
Roommate
Room′mateˊ
,
Noun.
One of two or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.
Definition
2024
roommate
roommate
English
Noun
room
mate
(
plural
roommates
)
A
person
with whom one shares a
room
, as at
university
etc.
(
US
,
Australia
,
Canada
)
A
person
(UK:
flatmate
, AU: sharemate) sharing the same
home
(sharehome).
Derived terms
roommatehood
Synonyms
(
informal
)
roomie
(
US
)
flatmate
,
housemate
Translations
a person with whom one shares a room
Arabic:
رَفِيق السَّكَن
m
(
rafīq as-sakan
)
Catalan:
company d'habitació
m
Chinese:
Mandarin:
室友
(zh)
(
shìyǒu
)
,
同屋
(zh)
(
tóngwū
)
Czech:
spolubydlící
m
Finnish:
huonetoveri
French:
camarade
de
chambre
m
,
f
,
(
dormitory
)
camarade de
chambrée
m
,
f
German:
Mitbewohner
(de)
m
,
Mitbewohnerin
f
Greek:
συγκάτοικος
(el)
m
,
f
(
synkátoikos
)
Hungarian:
szobatárs
(hu)
Ido:
kunvivanto
Irish:
comrádaí seomra
m
Italian:
compagno di stanza
m
Japanese:
同居人
(
どうきょにん, dōkyonin
)
,
ルームメイト
(
rūmumēto
)
;
(
informal
)
部屋っ子
(
へやっこ, heyakko
)
Korean:
동숙인
(
dongsugin
)
,
룸메이트
(ko)
(
rummeiteu
)
Macedonian:
ци́мер
m
(
címer
)
,
ци́мерка
f
(
címerka
)
Norwegian:
romkamerat
m
Polish:
współlokator
(pl)
m
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
c
Turkish:
oda arkadaşı
US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
Chinese:
Mandarin:
室友
(zh)
(
shìyǒu
)
,
同屋
(zh)
(
tóngwū
)
Esperanto:
kunloĝanto
Finnish:
huonetoveri
,
kämppäkaveri
,
kämppis
French:
colocataire
(fr)
m
,
f
,
(
familiar
)
coloc
(fr)
m
,
f
Greek:
συγκάτοικος
(el)
m
,
f
(
synkátoikos
)
Hungarian:
lakótárs
(hu)
Italian:
coinquilino
m
Japanese:
同居人
(
どうきょにん, dōkyonin
)
,
ルームメイト
(
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
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
Turkish:
ev arkadaşı
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