What does roommate mean?
Definitions for roommate
ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm-room·mate
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word roommate.
Princeton's WordNet
roommate, roomie, roomy(noun)
an associate who shares a room with you
Wiktionary
roommate(Noun)
A person with whom one shares a room, as at university etc.
roommate(Noun)
A person with whom one shares an apartment or house (UK: flatmate or housemate).
Webster Dictionary
Roommate(noun)
one of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum
Freebase
Roommate
A roommate is a person who shares a living facility such as an apartment or dormitory. Similar terms include suitemate, housemate, flatmate, or sharemate. In the UK, the term "roommate" means a person living in the same bedroom, whereas in the United States and Canada, "roommate" and "housemate" are used interchangeably regardless whether a bedroom is shared. This article uses the term "roommate" in the US sense of a person one shares a residence with who is not a relative or significant other. The informal term for roommate is roomie, which is commonly used by university students. The most common reason for sharing housing is to reduce the cost of housing. In many rental markets, the monthly rent for a two- or three-bedroom apartment is proportionately less per bedroom than the rent for a one-bedroom apartment. By pooling their monthly housing money, a group of people can achieve a lower housing expense at the cost of less privacy. Other motivations are to gain better amenities than those available in single-person housing, to share the work of maintaining a household, and to have the companionship of other people.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of roommate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of roommate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of roommate in a Sentence
Renato was a law school roommate of mine and he knows everything about these hearings, i spent a good amount of time talking to him. He's a former prosecutor and so he said, speak less, ask more questions, speak slowly, don't give a long preamble, don't be a politician.
My roommate was like 'do not look, do not look' because they were putting bags over people, and she was like 'you don't want to look there.' It was just really scary.
Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, 'Do I know you'
Without Jerry looking out for Ronnie on March 30, 1981, I would have certainly lost my best friend and roommate to an assassin's bullet, jerry was not only one of the finest Secret Service agents to ever serve this country, but one of the most decent human beings I've ever known. He was humble but strong, reserved but confident, and blessed with a great sense of humor. It is no wonder that he and my husband got along so well.
I try to put it in the back of my head so I can just get through the day, but that was the scariest thing that I’ve had to do, it was just a lot because I’m not from here, I don’t have the support system down here besides my roommate. I just felt like it was a lot.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for roommate
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- رفيق السكن, رفيق الحجرةArabic
- company d'habitacióCatalan, Valencian
- spolubydlícíCzech
- værelseskammeratDanish
- Mitbewohner, MitbewohnerinGerman
- συγκάτοικοςGreek
- kunloĝantoEsperanto
- compañero de cuartoSpanish
- هم اتاقیPersian
- huonetoveri, kämppis, kämppäkaveriFinnish
- chambrée, coloc, colocataire, chambre, camaradeFrench
- comrádaí seomraIrish
- रहनेवालाHindi
- lakótárs, szobatársHungarian
- teman sekamarIndonesian
- compagno di stanzaItalian
- ルームメイト, ハウスメイト, 同居人, 部屋っ子Japanese
- 룸메이트, 동숙인Korean
- roommateLatin
- цимерка, цимерMacedonian
- kamergenootDutch
- romkameratNorwegian
- współlokatorPolish
- colega de quarto, coabitante, colocatário, companheiro de quartoPortuguese
- coleg de camerăRomanian
- сосед по комнатеRussian
- rumskamratSwedish
- அறைத்Tamil
- రూమ్మేట్Telugu
- เพื่อนร่วมห้องThai
- ev arkadaşı, oda arkadaşıTurkish
- 室友Chinese
Get even more translations for roommate »
Translation
Find a translation for the roommate definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"roommate." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 24 Jan. 2021. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/roommate>.