roommate
A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or…A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
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» Tom and I were roommates.
Мы с Томом были соседями по комнате. — odexed
Ми з Томом були сусіди по квартирі. — deniko
Ми з Томом були сусіди по кімнаті. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
Mitbewohner, Mitbewohnerin, Zimmergenosse
сосе́д по ко́мнатеsoséd po kómnate, сосе́дка по ко́мнатеsosédka po kómnate, сожилецsožilec
an associate who shares a room with you
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US)A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
(humorous, ironic)A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
Examples
347 sentencesTom and I were roommates.
Ми з Томом були сусіди по квартирі. — deniko
ruМы с Томом были соседями по комнате. — odexed
Tom and I are roommates.
Ми з Томом сусіди по кімнаті. — deniko
ruМы с Томом соседи по комнате. — marafon
I hate my roommate.
Я ненавиджу свого сусіда по квартирі. — deniko
ruЯ ненавижу свою соседку по комнате. — marafon
deIch hasse meinen Mitbewohner. — Yorwba
My roommate is crazy.
Моя сусідка по кімнаті божевільна. — deniko
ruМой сосед по комнате сумасшедший. — odexed
We stayed roommates for four years.
Translations
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Forms
plural: roommatesSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsCollocations
10 patterns- a good roommate
- a terrible roommate
- is my roommate
- good roommate
- roommate in college
- terrible roommate
- had a roommate
- new roommate
- my roommate is
- bad roommate
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.