Dictionary

cohabit en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /koʊˈhæbɪt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
2. (intransitive) To coexist in common environs with.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To have sex; see coition.
4. To cooperate with an opposing political party.
   • An outright far-right victory in the two-round poll, which commences on 30 June, could render Macron a lame duck, doomed to “cohabit” with an overtly xenophobic, Islamophobic, authoritarian and illiberal government led, prospectively, by Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s young protege 2024 June 16, Observer editorial, “The Observer view on the French election: Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

cohabitor · cohabitee · noncohabiting

Relateds

cohabitation

Synonyms

have sex · fornicate (to engage in sexual intercourse) · cohabitate (to live together with someone else) · make love

Translations (18)

ja 同棲する (live together as if married) · nl hokken (live together as if married) · tr beraber yaşamak (live together as if married) · cmn 姘居 (live together as if married) · ug ھەمياستۇق (live together as if married) · nl samenleven (live together as if married) · hu együtt él (live together as if married) · de zusammenleben (live together as if married) · bg съжи́телствувам (live together as if married) · ru сожи́тельствовать (live together as if married) · hi सहवास (live together as if married) · ca cohabitar (live together as if married) · es convivir (live together as if married) · tr beraber olmak (live together as if married) · es cohabitar (live together as if married) · cmn 同居 (live together as if married) · nl samenwonen (live together as if married) · fr cohabiter (live together as if married)