noun
Meaning 1
Someone living in the same house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flatmate, roommate
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
housemate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who resides in the same house with you
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resident, occupant, occupier
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English -mate English housemate From house + -mate.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съквартирант (sǎkvartirant) — someone living in the same house
- Chinese Mandarin: 室友 (shìyǒu) — someone living in the same house
- Chinese Mandarin: 同屋 (tóngwū) — someone living in the same house
- Dutch: huisgenoot — someone living in the same house
- Finnish: asuintoveri — someone living in the same house
- Finnish: kämppäkaveri — someone living in the same house
- German: Mitbewohner — someone living in the same house
- German: Mitbewohnerin — someone living in the same house
- Hindi: सहवासी (sahvāsī) — someone living in the same house
- Irish: páirtí tí — someone living in the same house
- Irish: comrádaí tí — someone living in the same house
- Italian: coinquilino — someone living in the same house
- Italian: coinquilina — someone living in the same house
- Japanese: 同居人 (dōkyo-nin) — someone living in the same house
- Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumēto) — someone living in the same house
- Japanese: 部屋っ子 (heyakko) — someone living in the same house
- Japanese: ハウスメイト (hausumēto) — someone living in the same house
- Polish: współlokator — someone living in the same house
- Polish: współlokatorka — someone living in the same house
- Russian: сосе́д по до́му (soséd po dómu) — someone living in the same house
- Russian: сосе́дка по до́му (sosédka po dómu) — someone living in the same house
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