roommate

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• General-American: /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English -mate English roommate From room + -mate.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَفِيق السَّكَن (rafīq as-sakan) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Armenian: սենյակակից (senyakakicʻ) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Bulgarian: съквартирант (sǎkvartirant) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Catalan: company d'habitació — a person with whom one shares a room
• Chinese Mandarin: 室友 (shìyǒu) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Chinese Mandarin: 同屋 (tóngwū) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Czech: spolubydlící — a person with whom one shares a room
• Dutch: kamergenoot — a person with whom one shares a room
• Esperanto: samĉambro — a person with whom one shares a room
• Estonian: toakaaslane — a person with whom one shares a room
• Estonian: toanaaber — a person with whom one shares a room
• Finnish: huonetoveri — a person with whom one shares a room
• Finnish: huonekaveri — a person with whom one shares a room
• French: camarade de chambre — a person with whom one shares a room
• French: camarade de chambrée — a person with whom one shares a room
• French: copiaule — a person with whom one shares a room
• French: cothurne — a person with whom one shares a room
• German: Mitbewohner — a person with whom one shares a room
• German: Mitbewohnerin — a person with whom one shares a room
• German: Zimmergenosse — a person with whom one shares a room
• German: Zimmergenossin — a person with whom one shares a room
• German: Zimmerkollege — a person with whom one shares a room
• German: Zimmerkollegin — a person with whom one shares a room
• Greek: συγκάτοικος (sygkátoikos) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Hebrew: שׁוּתָּף (shutáf) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Hebrew: שׁוּתָּפָה (shutafá) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Hebrew: שׁוּתָּפִים (shutafím) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Hebrew: שׁוּתָּפוֹת (shutafót) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Hindi: सहवासी (sahvāsī) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Hungarian: szobatárs — a person with whom one shares a room
• Ido: kunvivanto — a person with whom one shares a room
• Indonesian: rekan kamar — a person with whom one shares a room
• Indonesian: teman sekamar — a person with whom one shares a room
• Irish: comrádaí seomra — a person with whom one shares a room
• Italian: compagno di stanza — a person with whom one shares a room
• Italian: coinquilina — a person with whom one shares a room
• Italian: coinquilino — a person with whom one shares a room
• Japanese: 同居人 (dōkyonin) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumēto) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Japanese: 部屋っ子 (heyakko) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Korean: 동숙인 (dongsugin) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Latvian: istabas biedrs — a person with whom one shares a room
• Latvian: istabas biedrs — a person with whom one shares a room
• Latvian: istabas biedrene — a person with whom one shares a room
• Macedonian: ци́мер (címer) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Macedonian: ци́мерка (címerka) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Norwegian: romkamerat — a person with whom one shares a room
• Pannonian Rusyn: цимер (cimer) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Pannonian Rusyn: цимерка (cimerka) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Persian: هماتاقی (ham-otâqi) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Polish: współlokator — a person with whom one shares a room
• Polish: współlokatorka — a person with whom one shares a room
• Portuguese: companheiro de quarto — a person with whom one shares a room
• Portuguese: colega de quarto — a person with whom one shares a room
• Russian: сосе́д по ко́мнате (soséd po kómnate) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Russian: сосе́дка по ко́мнате (sosédka po kómnate) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Russian: сожилец (sožilec) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Russian: сожилица (sožilica) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Spanish: compañero de cuarto — a person with whom one shares a room
• Swedish: rumskamrat — a person with whom one shares a room
• Thai: เพื่อนร่วมห้อง (pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-hɔ̂ng) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Turkish: oda arkadaşı — a person with whom one shares a room
• Urdu: ہم کمرہ (ham kamra) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Urdu: ہم اطاق (ham utāq) — a person with whom one shares a room
• Vietnamese: bạn cùng phòng — a person with whom one shares a room
• Chinese Mandarin: 室友 (shìyǒu) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Chinese Mandarin: 同屋 (tóngwū) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Dutch: huisgenoot — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Esperanto: kunloĝanto — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Finnish: asuintoveri — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Finnish: kämppäkaveri — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• French: colocataire — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• French: coloc — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Greek: συγκάτοικος (sygkátoikos) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Hebrew: בֶּן בַּיִת (ben báyit) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Hindi: सहवासी (sahvāsī) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Hungarian: lakótárs — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Indonesian: rekan gedung — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Indonesian: teman segedung — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Italian: coinquilino — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Japanese: 同居人 (dōkyonin) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumēto) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Japanese: ハウスメイト (hausumēto) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Japanese: 部屋っ子 (heyakko) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Macedonian: ци́мер (címer) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Macedonian: ци́мерка (címerka) — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Polish: współlokator — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Polish: współlokatorka — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Portuguese: colocatário — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Portuguese: coabitante — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Serbo-Croatian: ци̏мер — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Swedish: inneboende — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Swedish: samboende — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Swedish: sambo — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Tibetan: ཤག་རོགས — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house
• Turkish: ev arkadaşı — US: with whom one shares an apartment or house