housemate

English

Etymology

From house +‎ -mate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

housemate (plural housemates)

1. Someone living in the same house.

   Synonyms: flatmate, roommate

Translations

someone living in the same house

• Bulgarian: съквартирант m (sǎkvartirant)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 室友 (zh) (shìyǒu), 同屋 (zh) (tóngwū)

• Dutch: huisgenoot (nl) m
• Finnish: asuintoveri; kämppäkaveri (fi) (informal)
• German: Mitbewohner (de) m, Mitbewohnerin (de) f
• Irish: páirtí tí m, comrádaí tí m
• Italian: coinquilino (it) m, coinquilina f
• Japanese: 同居人 (dōkyo-nin), ルームメイト (ja) (rūmumēto), (informal) 部屋っ子 (heyakko), ハウスメイト (hausumēto)
• Russian: сосе́д по до́му m (soséd po dómu), сосе́дка по до́му f (sosédka po dómu)

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