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cellmate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person with whom one shares a prison cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cell + -mate.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: selmaat — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Arabic: رَفِيق الزِّنْزَانَة (rafīq az-zinzāna) — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Bulgarian: съкилийник (sǎkilijnik) — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獄友 /狱友 (yùyǒu) — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Czech: spoluvězeň — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Czech: spoluvězeňkyně — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Dutch: celgenoot — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Finnish: sellitoveri — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Finnish: sellikaveri — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • French: compagnon de cellule — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • German: Zellengenosse — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Hungarian: cellatárs — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Macedonian: соќелиец (soḱeliec) — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Polish: współwięzień — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Polish: współwięźniarka — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Russian: сока́мерник (sokámernik) — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Slovak: spoluväzeň — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Slovak: spoluväzenkyňa — person with whom one shares a prison cell
  • Swedish: cellkamrat — person with whom one shares a prison cell