āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
roommate
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Roommate
01
āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽā§āĻ, āĻ¸āĻšāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§
a person sharing a room, apartment, or house with one or more people
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Living with a roommate can help reduce the cost of rent.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§, āĻ¸āĻšāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§
a same-sex significant other with whom one lives
Humorous
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Everyone joked about her new roommate being extra affectionate.
āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻšāĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
