flatmate
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- noun
- /ˈflætˌmeɪt/
- UK
:
compañero de piso
- In the second year of university, William and Kate became flatmates in a shared student house.
One of his closest female friends is currently his flatmate, right?
- One of his closest female friends is currently his flatmate, right?
- If there's an event, you should say to your flatmates, right, Let's have pre drinks.
- I was, I was talking to my old Bournemouth uni flatmates the other day and we remembered a letter.
- So he he was not only my recording engineer, he was my flatmate.
- I wonder if it's possible to have like if they're next door neighbors somehow or if they're actually flatmates.
- Yeah, she took me back to a flat and she had like an Eastern European flatmate as well.
- With that, I'll leave with a good saying that my flatmate Connor McLeod would say to me every day.
- So in the middle of the night, the washing machine will start to walk around like my flatmate, OK.
Examples
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Week one: My friend Nessa and her terrific flatmates Jade, Julie, and Peter hosted us for the first stretch of days in Auckland.
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I hope you're settling okay with your new flatmates.
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I just have to go home and talk to my flatmate, okay?
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One of his closest female friends is currently his flatmate, right?
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Well, I'm gonna find a new flatmate for you.
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My flatmate played the drums and he had a drum kit.
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The flatmates shared a kitchen.
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My flatmates and I went to a beautiful late lunch at the Bluebird Cafe in Chelsea.
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He's sitting on the rooftop patio of his flat, and one of his new flatmates joins him.
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What about the time that my flatmate Sonja and I ate delicious Japanese food?
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who shares a house, apartment, or room with you
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7.9
A person who shares a room or apartment with you
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1.8
A person who lives in the same house and is not a family member or partner
A person who shares a home or apartment with you
A person who lives with others in the same home
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word flatmate comes from joining flat (a British word for 'apartment') and mate ('friend' or 'companion'), so it means someone you live with in the same flat or apartment.