Dictionary

inmate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪn.meɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From inn + -mate, or from in- + -mate.

Meanings

1. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
2. A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.
   • [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road. 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XVI. First Night of Their Arrival in the City.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section I, pages 312–313:
   • I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. Not ignoring what is good, I am quick to perceive a horror, and could still be social with it—would they let me—since it is but well to be on friendly terms with all the inmates of the place one lodges in. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
3. (uncommon) Synonym of passenger, a person held or riding within a vehicle.
   • P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..." 1916 July, Henry Yule & al., "Padre Maestro Fray Seb. Manrique in Bengal (1628–Sept. 11, 1629)", Bengal Past & Present, Vol. XIII, No. 25, p. 32

Forms

Deriveds

inmacy · coinmate · inmatehood

Synonyms

passenger

Translations (80)

pl więzień (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ota اسیر (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ru заключённая (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es detenido (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · uk жиле́ць (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · cmn 病人 (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · de Insassin (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · it detenuto (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · it residente (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · pl więźniarka (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · de Bewohnerin (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · fi vanki (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · fr codétenue (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · mk затвореник (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · hi भीतरिया (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · uk в'я́зень (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · pt interno (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · uk ув'я́знений (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · de Insasse (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ru обита́тельница (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ar نَزِيل m نَزِيلَة (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · hi वासी (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ru жи́тель (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · fr détenu (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es residente (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · it prigioniero (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · eo malliberulo (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · cs chovanec (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es reo (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ru обита́тель (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · sk väzeň (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · pl współmieszkaniec (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · fr résidente (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · es presidiario (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · fr détenue (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · eo enfermito (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · bg обита́телка (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · hi सहवर्ती (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ru пацие́нт (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es convicto (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · fr pensionnaire (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · es recluso (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · tr mukim (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ru пацие́нтка (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es internado (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · fr codétenu (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · hi साकिन (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · fr résident (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · eo kaptito (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · it internato (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · uk пожиле́ць (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · de Bewohner (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · sk chovanec (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · uk ме́шканець (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · nl gevangene (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · nl gedetineerde (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · tr yusufiyeli (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · hi अन्तःवासी (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · hi संवासी (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · bg обита́тел (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ar سَجِين m سَجِينَة (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ru заключённый (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · hi सहनिवासी (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · uk паціє́нт (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ar سَاكِن (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · cmn 囚犯 (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · ru жи́тельница (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · cs pacient (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · hi सहवासी (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ar سَاكِنَة (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ca resident (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · ca intern (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · el τρόφιμος (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es preso (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · it interno (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · hi निवासी (one who occupies a dwelling-house) · eo prizonulo (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · sk pacient (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · cs vězeň (one confined to institution, such as a prison) · es interno (one confined to institution, such as a prison)