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roommate

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English

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Etymology

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    From room + -mate.

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    Noun

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    roommate (plural roommates)

    1. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
      Synonym: (archaic) chambermate
      Coordinate term: housemate
    2. (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Canada) A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
      Synonyms: roomie, sharemate (Australia)
      Hyponyms: flatmate, housemate
      • 2016, “Learning English (public domain)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 18 September 2017:
        I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.
    3. (LGBTQ slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.

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    • Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumeito)
    • Japanese: ルームメート (rūmumēto)
    • Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu)

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