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Meaning of Roommate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt

Definitions

  1. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
  2. A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
    Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US
  3. A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
    humorous, ironic

Equivalents

العربية رَفِيق السَّكَن شريك الغرفة
བོད་སྐད ཤག་རོགས
Bosanski cimer cimerica цимер цимерица
Čeština spolubydla spolubydlící
Deutsch Mitbewohner Mitbewohnerin Zimmergenosse Zimmergenossin Zimmerkollege Zimmerkollegin
Ελληνικά συγκάτοικος
Esperanto kunloĝanto
Español compañero de cuarto
فارسی هم‌اتاقی
Suomi asuinkaveri asuintoveri huonekumppani huonetoveri kämppäkaveri tupakaveri
Français camarade de chambre camarade de chambrée coloc colocataire copiaule cothurne
Gaeilge comrádaí seomra
עברית בן בית שותף
हिन्दी सहवासी
Hrvatski cimer cimerica цимер цимерица
Magyar lakótárs szobatárs
Italiano coinquilina coinquilino compagno di stanza
日本語 ハウスメイト ルームメイト 同居人 部屋っ子
한국어 동숙인 룸메이트
Македонски цимер ци́мерка
Nederlands huisgenoot kamergenoot
Polski współlokator współlokatorka
Português coabitante colega de quarto colocatário companheiro de quarto
Русский сожилец сожилица сосе́д по ко́мнате сосе́дка по ко́мнате
Српски cimer cimerica цимер цимерица
Svenska inneboende sambo
ไทย เพื่อนร่วมห้อง

Examples

“I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

roommatehood roommateness Roommates roommateship Rooms rooms for doubt

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