cohabit

English

Etymology

From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“I dwell, I live in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koʊˈhæbɪt/
Rhymes: -æbɪt

Verb

cohabit (third-person singular simple present cohabits, present participle cohabiting, simple past and past participle cohabited)

(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
(intransitive) To coexist in common environs with.
(intransitive, archaic) To engage in sexual intercourse; see coition.

Synonyms

(to live together with someone else): cohabitate
(to engage in sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Related terms

cohabitation

Translations

live together as if married

Bulgarian: съжи́телствувам impf (sǎžítelstvuvam)
Catalan: cohabitar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同居 (zh) (tóngjū), 姘居 (zh) (pīnjū) (in an illicit manner)
Dutch: samenwonen (nl), samenleven (nl) , hokken (nl) (outdated)
French: cohabiter (fr)
German: zusammenleben (de), als Paar zusammenleben, als unverheiratetes Paar zusammenleben
Hungarian: együtt él
Japanese: 同棲する (ja) (どうせいする, dōsei suru)
Russian: сожи́тельствовать (ru) impf (sožítelʹstvovatʹ)
Spanish: convivir (es), cohabitar (es)
Uyghur: ھەمياستۇق‎ (hemyastuq)

Translations

be together

Apache:
Western Apache: naiágúóli
Maori: noho tahi