cohabitation

English

Etymology

From Middle English cohabitacioun, from Old French cohabitacion and Late Latin cohabitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊhæbɪˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

cohabitation (countable and uncountable, plural cohabitations)

1. An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.
   • 1981 August 8, Nancy Wechsler, “Michigan May Register 'Sex Offenders'”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     According to Greene, sodomy, gross indecency, adultery, cohabitation and repeated convictions for indecent exposure are all considered sex offenses in Michigan.

2. The act of living together.
3. A place where two or more individuals reside together.
4. (biology) The act of two species living together in the same habitat.
5. (politics) Cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties; especially, in France, between a President and Prime Minister.
   • 2001 July 18, Jon Henly, The Guardian:

     Commentators agreed that Mr Chirac's unusually aggressive remarks, followed by the equally fierce response of Mr Jospin's government, signalled the beginning of the end for the tense but so far civil "cohabitation" under which the two men have ruled France since 1997.

Synonyms

• marriage, civil union

Derived terms

• cohabitate

Translations

intimate relationship

• Burmese: သံဝါသ (my) (sam-wasa.)
• Danish: papirløst ægteskab n
• Finnish: avoliitto (fi)
• French: cohabitation (fr) f
• German: wilde Ehe (de) f
• Hungarian: élettársi kapcsolat, élettársi viszony
• Indonesian: kohabitasi (id)
• Irish: céileachas m, lánúnas m
• Norwegian Bokmål: samboerskap n
• Pali: saṅvāsa
• Russian: сожи́тельство (ru) n (sožítelʹstvo)

act of living together

• Arabic: مُسَاكَنَة (musākana)
• Bulgarian: съжителство (bg) n (sǎžitelstvo)
• Danish: samliv n
• Finnish: yhteisasuminen
• French: cohabitation (fr) f
• Georgian: თანაცხოვრება (tanacxovreba), კოჰაბიტაცია (ka) (ḳohabiṭacia), კოაბიტაცია (ḳoabiṭacia)
• Hungarian: együttélés (hu)
• Indonesian: kohabitasi (id)
• Irish: aontíos m, céileachas m, gnás m
• Italian: concubinato (it) m
• Japanese: 同棲 (ja)
• Norwegian Bokmål: samboerskap n
• Polish: kohabitacja (pl) f
• Russian: сожи́тельство (ru) n (sožítelʹstvo), совме́стное прожива́ние n (sovméstnoje proživánije)
• Spanish: cohabitación f, arreglo (es), amancebamiento (es)

place where people cohabit

• Finnish: yhteisasunto

(biology) act of two species sharing same habitat

(politics) cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties

• Indonesian: kohabitasi (id)
• Polish: kohabitacja (pl) f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

cohabitation f (plural cohabitations)

1. cohabitation (act of living together)
2. (politics) cohabitation

Related terms

• cohabiter

Further reading

• “cohabitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.