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A person with whom one shares a flat.
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A person with whom one shares any rental dwelling, not necessarily a flat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
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an associate who shares an apartment with you
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: friend
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat English -mate English flatmate From flat + -mate.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
company de pis
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Catalan:
companya de pis
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Chinese Mandarin:
室友
(shìyǒu)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Chinese Mandarin:
同屋
(tóngwū)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Danish:
bofælle
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Dutch:
huisgenoot
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Esperanto:
kunloĝanto
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Finnish:
asuintoveri
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Finnish:
kämppäkaveri
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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French:
colocataire
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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French:
coloc
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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German:
Mitbewohner
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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German:
Mitbewohnerin
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Greek:
συγκάτοικος
(sygkátoikos)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Hindi:
सहवासी
(sahvāsī)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Hungarian:
lakótárs
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Italian:
coinquilino
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Italian:
coinquilina
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Japanese:
同居人
(dōkyo-nin)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Japanese:
ルームメイト
(rūmumēto)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Japanese:
部屋っ子
(heyakko)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Korean:
룸메이트
(rummeiteu)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bofrende
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Polish:
współlokator
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Polish:
współlokatorka
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Portuguese:
companheiro de quarto
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Portuguese:
coabitante
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Russian:
сосе́д по кварти́ре
(soséd po kvartíre)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Russian:
сосе́дка по кварти́ре
(sosédka po kvartíre)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Spanish:
compañero de piso
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Swedish:
rumskamrat
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Turkish:
ev arkadaşı
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Ukrainian:
співме́шканець
(spivméškanecʹ)
— a person with whom one shares a flat
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Dutch:
huisgenoot
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Finnish:
asuintoveri
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Finnish:
kämppäkaveri
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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French:
colocataire
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Greek:
συγκάτοικος
(sygkátoikos)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Hindi:
सहवासी
(sahvāsī)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Hungarian:
lakótárs
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Japanese:
同居人
(dōkyo-nin)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Japanese:
ルームメイト
(rūmumēto)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Japanese:
部屋っ子
(heyakko)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Polish:
współlokator
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Polish:
współlokatorka
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Russian:
сосе́д по кварти́ре
(soséd po kvartíre)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property
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Russian:
сосе́дка по кварти́ре
(sosédka po kvartíre)
— a person with whom one shares a rental property