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room·mate

 (ro͞om′māt′, ro͝om′-)
n.
A person with whom one shares a room or rooms.
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roommate

(ˈruːmˌmeɪt; ˈrʊm-)
n
a person with whom one shares a room or lodging
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room•mate

(ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm-)

n.
a person who shares a room or apartment with another or others.
[1780–90, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.roommate - an associate who shares a room with youroommate - an associate who shares a room with you
friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
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Translations
spolubydlící
bofælle
huonetoveri
cimer
ルームメイトルームメート同居人部屋っ子
룸메이트
rumskompis
เพื่อนร่วมห้อง
bạn chung phòng

roommate

[ˈrʊmmeɪt] Ncompañero/a m/f de cuarto
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roommate

[ˈruːmmeɪt] n
(at school, college)camarade mf de chambre
(US) (= flatmate) → colocataire mfroom service nservice m d'étage
to call room service → appeler le service d'étageroom temperature ntempérature f ambiante
"serve at room temperature" [+ wine] → "servir chambré"
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

roommate

[ˈrʊmˌmeɪt] ncompagno/a di stanza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

roommate

رَفِيقُ الـحُجْرَة spolubydlící bofælle Mitbewohner συγκάτοικος compañero de cuarto huonetoveri camarade de chambre cimer compagno di stanza ルームメート 룸메이트 kamergenoot romkamerat współlokator companheiro de quarto сосед по комнате rumskompis เพื่อนร่วมห้อง oda arkadaşı bạn chung phòng 室友
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In the end, police were able to identity the roommate who had stolen the bottle of yogurt and charged her with theft.
24, 2009, the plaintiff, age 100, was strangled and suffocated while she was in bed, allegedly by her nursing home roommate.<br />The plaintiff was happily married for 65 years.