英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/

名詞

roommate (plural roommates)

1. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.

   Synonym: (archaic) chambermate

   Coordinate term: housemate

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).

   Synonyms: roomie, sharemate (Australia)

   Hyponyms: flatmate, housemate

   • 2016, “Learning English (public domain)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 18 September 2017:

     I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.

3. (LGBTQ slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Japanese: ルームメイト (rūmumeito)
• → Japanese: ルームメート (rūmumēto)
• → Korean: 룸메이트 (rummeiteu)

参考

アナグラム

• room meat