cohabit
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“I dwell, I live in”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /koʊˈhæbɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æbɪt
Verb
[edit]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
[edit]- (to live together with someone else): cohabitate
- (to engage in sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]live together as if married
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Translations
[edit]be together
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