English Online Dictionary. What means roommate? What does roommate mean?
English
Etymology
From room + -mate.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/
Noun
roommate (plural roommates)
- A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
- (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).
- Synonym: (Australia) sharemate
- Hyponyms: flatmate, housemate
- (LGBTQ slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
Synonyms
- (informal) roomie
- (UK) flatmate, housemate
Derived terms
- roommatehood
Related terms
- room and board
Descendants
- → Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumeito)
- → Japanese: ルームメート (rūmumēto)
- → Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu)
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Anagrams
- room meat