Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.

    wilde Ehe, Kohabitation

    сожи́тельствоsožítelʹstvo

    the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of living together.

    сожи́тельствоsožítelʹstvo, совме́стное прожива́ниеsovméstnoje proživánije

  3. (countable, uncountable)A place where two or more individuals reside together.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of two species living together in the same habitat.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties; especially, in France, between a President and Prime Minister.

    Kohabitation

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Cohabitation is either easy or impossible.

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  2. As far as cohabitation is concerned, obviously gay couples have to have the right to this too.

  3. So ended many years of cohabitation by two people who, in the beginning, truly loved each other.

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  4. At the same time, it was found that while men tended to soften with time and cohabitation, women become increasingly aggressive.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
intimate relationship:
act of living together:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
intimate relationship:

Origin

From Middle English cohabitacioun, from Old French cohabitacion and Late Latin cohabitātiō

From Middle English cohabitacioun, from Old French cohabitacion and Late Latin cohabitātiō. By surface analysis, co- + habitation.

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Forms

plural: cohabitations
Singularcohabitation
Pluralcohabitations

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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