cohabit (redirected from cohabiting)

co·hab·it  (k-hbt)

intr.v. co·hab·it·ed, co·hab·it·ing, co·hab·its

1. To live together in a sexual relationship, especially when not legally married.

2. To coexist, as animals of different species.

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[Late Latin cohabitre : Latin co-, co- + Latin habitre, to dwell; see inhabit.]

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co·habi·tant, co·habit·er n.

co·habi·tation n.

co·habi·tation·al adj.

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cohabit

Verb

to live together as husband and wife without being married [Latin co- together + habitare to live]

cohabitation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

cohabit - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple live together, shack up inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" miscegenate - marry or cohabit with a person of another race

Translations

cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal): to cohabit (with sb) → cohabitar (con algn)

cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal);

to cohabit (with sb) → cohabiter (avec qn)

cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal) → in eheähnlicher Gemeinschaft leben;

to cohabit (with sb) → (mit jdm) zusammenleben

cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal): to cohabit (with sb) → coabitare (con qn)