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roommate

/ˈruːmeɪt/

/ˈrumˌmeɪt/

roommatenoun

roommates

/ˈruːmeɪt/

/ˈrumˌmeɪt/

Translations

сосед по комнате

My roommate and I share the rent equally.

Мой сосед по комнате и я делим аренду поровну.

сожитель

I have known my roommate since college.

Я знаю своего сожителя с колледжа.

Additional translations

комнатный товарищ

Definitions

A person with whom one shares a room or living space, especially in a dormitory or shared apartment.

My roommate and I split the rent and utilities evenly each month.

Synonyms

roommateverb

roommated

Past Simple

roommated

Past Participle

roommating

Gerund

Rare but attested intransitive verb meaning ‘to share living quarters with someone.’

Definitions

To share a room or living quarters with someone; to act as someone's roommate.

During his first year in college, he roommated with a fellow engineering student.

Synonyms

room with

share a room with

room together

share lodging with

house-share with

live with

cohabit with

roommateadjective

/ˈruːmmeɪt/

/ˈruːmˌmeɪt/

Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., "roommate agreement").

Definitions

Relating to or associated with a roommate or roommates.

They drafted a roommate agreement before signing the lease.