"roommate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-roommate.ogg Forms: roommates [plural]
Etymology: From room + -mate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|room|-mate}} room + -mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} roommate (plural roommates)
  1. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. Translations (US: with whom one shares an apartment or house): 室友 (shìyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 同屋 (tóngwū) (Chinese Mandarin), huisgenoot [masculine] (Dutch), kunloĝanto (Esperanto), asuintoveri (Finnish), kämppäkaveri [informal] (Finnish), colocataire [feminine, masculine] (French), coloc [familiar, feminine, masculine] (French), συγκάτοικος (sygkátoikos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), בֶּן בַּיִת (ben báyit) [masculine] (Hebrew), lakótárs (Hungarian), coinquilino [masculine] (Italian), 同居人 (dōkyonin) (alt: どうきょにん) (Japanese), ルームメイト (rūmumēto) (Japanese), ハウスメイト (hausumēto) (Japanese), 部屋っ子 (heyakko) [informal] (Japanese), ци́мер (címer) [masculine] (Macedonian), ци́мерка (címerka) [feminine] (Macedonian), współlokator [masculine] (Polish), współlokatorka [feminine] (Polish), colocatário [masculine] (Portuguese), coabitante [masculine] (Portuguese), ци̏мер [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), inneboende [common-gender] (Swedish), samboende [common-gender] (Swedish), sambo [common-gender] (Swedish), ཤག་རོགས (english: shag rogs) (Tibetan), ev arkadaşı (Turkish) Translations (a person with whom one shares a room): رَفِيق السَّكَن (rafīq as-sakan) [masculine] (Arabic), սենյակակից (senyakakicʻ) (Armenian), съквартирант (sǎkvartirant) [masculine] (Bulgarian), company d'habitació [masculine] (Catalan), 室友 (shìyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 同屋 (tóngwū) (Chinese Mandarin), spolubydlící [masculine] (Czech), kamergenoot [masculine] (Dutch), samĉambro (Esperanto), toakaaslane (Estonian), toanaaber (Estonian), huonetoveri (Finnish), huonekaveri (Finnish), camarade de chambre [feminine, masculine] (French), camarade de chambrée (english: dormitory) [feminine, masculine] (French), copiaule [masculine] (French), cothurne (French), Mitbewohner [masculine] (German), Mitbewohnerin [feminine] (German), Zimmergenosse [masculine] (German), Zimmergenossin [feminine] (German), Zimmerkollege [masculine] (German), Zimmerkollegin [feminine] (German), συγκάτοικος (sygkátoikos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), שׁוּתָּף (shutáf) [masculine] (Hebrew), שׁוּתָּפָה (shutafá) [feminine] (Hebrew), שׁוּתָּפִים (shutafím) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), שׁוּתָּפוֹת (shutafót) (Hebrew), szobatárs (Hungarian), kunvivanto (Ido), comrádaí seomra [masculine] (Irish), compagno di stanza [masculine] (Italian), coinquilina [feminine] (Italian), 同居人 (dōkyonin) (alt: どうきょにん) (Japanese), ルームメイト (rūmumēto) (Japanese), 部屋っ子 (heyakko) (alt: へやっこ) [informal] (Japanese), 동숙인 (dongsugin) (Korean), 룸메이트 (rummeiteu) (Korean), istabas biedrs (Latvian), istabas biedrs [masculine] (Latvian), istabas biedrene [feminine] (Latvian), ци́мер (címer) [masculine] (Macedonian), ци́мерка (címerka) [feminine] (Macedonian), romkamerat [masculine] (Norwegian), цимер (cimer) [masculine] (Pannonian Rusyn), цимерка (cimerka) [feminine] (Pannonian Rusyn), هماتاقی (ham-otâqi) (Persian), współlokator [masculine] (Polish), współlokatorka [feminine] (Polish), companheiro de quarto (Portuguese), colega de quarto (Portuguese), сосе́д по ко́мнате (soséd po kómnate) [masculine] (Russian), сосе́дка по ко́мнате (sosédka po kómnate) [feminine] (Russian), сожилец (sožilec) [masculine] (Russian), сожилица (sožilica) [feminine] (Russian), compañero de cuarto [masculine] (Spanish), rumskamrat [common-gender] (Swedish), เพื่อนร่วมห้อง (pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-hɔ̂ng) (Thai), oda arkadaşı (Turkish), ہم کمرہ (ham kamra) (Urdu), ہم اطاق (ham utāq) (Urdu), bạn cùng phòng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-roommate-en-noun-kVvMRX8h Disambiguation of 'US: with whom one shares an apartment or house': 63 6 30 Disambiguation of 'a person with whom one shares a room': 54 31 15
  2. (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Canada) A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse). Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US Categories (topical): Household Synonyms: sharemate [Australia] Hyponyms: flatmate, housemate
    Sense id: en-roommate-en-noun-~xRPRRY- Disambiguation of Household: 32 58 10 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -mate, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 63 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mate: 11 75 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 69 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 14 71 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 22 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 66 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 66 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 73 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 73 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 25 59 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 12 66 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 72 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 76 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 70 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 15 65 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 16 72 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 22 60 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 60 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 76 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 23 59 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 23 57 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 16 65 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 16 73 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 58 19
  3. (LGBTQ slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship. Tags: humorous, ironic Categories (topical): LGBTQ, People
    Sense id: en-roommate-en-noun-lgaPfKPM Disambiguation of People: 0 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roomie [informal], flatmate [UK], housemate Derived forms: roommatehood Related terms: room and board, boarder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "shìyǒu",
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          "roman": "tóngwū",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "samĉambro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "toakaaslane"
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          "word": "toanaaber"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "huonetoveri"
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        {
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          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "huonekaveri"
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        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "camarade de chambre"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "english": "dormitory",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "copiaule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "cothurne"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sygkátoikos",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "συγκάτοικος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shutáf",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שׁוּתָּף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shutafá",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "שׁוּתָּפָה"
        },
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          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shutafím",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
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            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "שׁוּתָּפִים"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shutafót",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "שׁוּתָּפוֹת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "szobatárs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "kunvivanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comrádaí seomra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "compagno di stanza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coinquilina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "alt": "どうきょにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dōkyonin",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "同居人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rūmumēto",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "ルームメイト"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "alt": "へやっこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "heyakko",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "部屋っ子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dongsugin",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "동숙인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rummeiteu",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "룸메이트"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "istabas biedrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "istabas biedrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "istabas biedrene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "címer",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ци́мер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "címerka",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ци́мерка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "romkamerat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "rsk",
          "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
          "roman": "cimer",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "цимер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "rsk",
          "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
          "roman": "cimerka",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цимерка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ham-otâqi",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "word": "هماتاقی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "współlokator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "współlokatorka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 31 15",
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    "en:Household",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "roommatehood"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ルームメイト",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "rūmumeito"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumeito)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumeito)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ルームメート",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "rūmumēto"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ルームメート (rūmumēto)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ルームメート (rūmumēto)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "룸메이트",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "room",
        "3": "-mate"
      },
      "expansion": "room + -mate",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From room + -mate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "roommates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "roommate (plural roommates)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "room and board"
    },
    {
      "word": "boarder"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "dormitory",
          "dormitory"
        ],
        [
          "barrack",
          "barrack"
        ],
        [
          "rooming house",
          "rooming house"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Australian English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English terms with audio pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "New Zealand English",
        "Philippine English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, “Learning English (public domain)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 2017-09-18",
          "text": "I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.\nAudio (US): (file)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse)."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "flatmate"
        },
        {
          "word": "housemate"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Canada) A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Australia"
          ],
          "word": "sharemate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Canada",
        "New-Zealand",
        "Philippines",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "English slang",
        "en:LGBTQ"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "LGBTQ",
          "LGBTQ"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "ironic",
          "irony"
        ],
        [
          "significant other",
          "significant other"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "LGBTQ slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(LGBTQ slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "ironic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-roommate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/En-au-roommate.ogg/En-au-roommate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/En-au-roommate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "roomie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "flatmate"
    },
    {
      "word": "housemate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rafīq as-sakan",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَفِيق السَّكَن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "senyakakicʻ",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "սենյակակից"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎkvartirant",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "съквартирант"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "company d'habitació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìyǒu",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "室友"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngwū",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "同屋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spolubydlící"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamergenoot"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "samĉambro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "toakaaslane"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "toanaaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "huonetoveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "huonekaveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camarade de chambre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "dormitory",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camarade de chambrée"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "copiaule"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "cothurne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitbewohner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitbewohnerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zimmergenosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zimmergenossin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zimmerkollege"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zimmerkollegin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygkátoikos",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συγκάτοικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shutáf",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שׁוּתָּף"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shutafá",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שׁוּתָּפָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shutafím",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "שׁוּתָּפִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shutafót",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "שׁוּתָּפוֹת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "szobatárs"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "kunvivanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comrádaí seomra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compagno di stanza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coinquilina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうきょにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōkyonin",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "同居人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rūmumēto",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "ルームメイト"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へやっこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heyakko",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "部屋っ子"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dongsugin",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "동숙인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rummeiteu",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "룸메이트"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "istabas biedrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "istabas biedrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "istabas biedrene"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "címer",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "címerka",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́мерка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romkamerat"
    },
    {
      "code": "rsk",
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "roman": "cimer",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цимер"
    },
    {
      "code": "rsk",
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "roman": "cimerka",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цимерка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ham-otâqi",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "هماتاقی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "współlokator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "współlokatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "companheiro de quarto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "colega de quarto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soséd po kómnate",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сосе́д по ко́мнате"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sosédka po kómnate",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сосе́дка по ко́мнате"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sožilec",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сожилец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sožilica",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сожилица"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compañero de cuarto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rumskamrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pʉ̂ʉan-rûuam-hɔ̂ng",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "เพื่อนร่วมห้อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "oda arkadaşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ham kamra",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "ہم کمرہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ham utāq",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "ہم اطاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a person with whom one shares a room",
      "word": "bạn cùng phòng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìyǒu",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "室友"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngwū",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "同屋"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huisgenoot"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "kunloĝanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "asuintoveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kämppäkaveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colocataire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coloc"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygkátoikos",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συγκάτοικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ben báyit",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֶּן בַּיִת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "lakótárs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coinquilino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうきょにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōkyonin",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "同居人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rūmumēto",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "ルームメイト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hausumēto",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "ハウスメイト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heyakko",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "部屋っ子"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "címer",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "címerka",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́мерка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "współlokator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "współlokatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colocatário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coabitante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "apartment/house",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "сосе́д по кварти́ре/до́му m сосе́дка по кварти́ре/до́му",
      "roman": "soséd po kvartíre/dómu",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци̏мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "inneboende"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "samboende"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "shag rogs",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "ཤག་རོགས"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "US: with whom one shares an apartment or house",
      "word": "ev arkadaşı"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "roommate"
  ],
  "word": "roommate"
}

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