"cohabit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /koʊˈhæbɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cohabit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cohabits [present, singular, third-person], cohabiting [participle, present], cohabited [participle, past], cohabited [past]
Rhymes: -æbɪt Etymology: From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“I dwell, I live in”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cohabitō}} Latin cohabitō, {{m|la|co-}} co-, {{m|la|habitō||I dwell, I live in}} habitō (“I dwell, I live in”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cohabit (third-person singular simple present cohabits, present participle cohabiting, simple past and past participle cohabited)
  1. (intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to live together with someone else): cohabitate Translations (be together): noho tahi (Maori), beraber olmak (Turkish), beraber bulunmak (Turkish), naiágúóli (Western Apache) Translations (live together as if married): съжи́телствувам (sǎžítelstvuvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), cohabitar (Catalan), 同居 (tóngjū) (Chinese Mandarin), 姘居 (pīnjū) (note: in an illicit manner) (Chinese Mandarin), samenwonen (Dutch), samenleven (Dutch), hokken [archaic] (Dutch), cohabiter (French), zusammenleben (German), als Paar zusammenleben (German), als unverheiratetes Paar zusammenleben (German), együtt él (Hungarian), 同棲する (dōsei suru) (alt: どうせいする) (Japanese), сожи́тельствовать (sožítelʹstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), convivir (Spanish), cohabitar (Spanish), beraber yaşamak (Turkish), beraber olmak (Turkish), ھەمياستۇق (hemyastuq) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-cohabit-en-verb-WiSFGFKC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 36 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 43 25 32 Disambiguation of 'to live together with someone else': 89 6 6 Disambiguation of 'be together': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'live together as if married': 92 3 5
  2. (intransitive) To coexist in common environs with. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cohabit-en-verb-qIrfN3zv Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 36 23
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To engage in sexual intercourse; see coition. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms (to engage in sexual intercourse): fornicate
    Sense id: en-cohabit-en-verb-QyodNLXO Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 36 23 Disambiguation of 'to engage in sexual intercourse': 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: have sex, make love, copulate Related terms: cohabitation

Inflected forms

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