Plural of housemate
regular plural
The plural of housemate is housemates.
Forms of housemate
| Singular | housemate /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | housemates |
| Countable | countable |
Housemates in a sentence
- Many of the housemates had Jewish ancestry, but in lieu of Shabbos prayers they had invented their own secular rituals.2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 51. From the entry shabbos
- Go live with Ginger and all her wacky housemates!1998, Alison Bechdel, Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For,, page 115. From the entry that's it
- The housemates have several Discord channels, where they plan their weekly Dungeons & Dragons games, coördinate their food shopping, and discuss the childrens homeschooling.2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 51. From the entry coördinate
- A strange game at the table involves oranges and kitchen implements flying as one or two bored housemates read or slide fetally under the table.2009 January 12, Gia Kourlas, Roslyn Sulcas, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times. From the entry fetally
- When his housemates, two men and a woman, found them in flagrante delicto, one reported, “She said she didn’t want us to think of her as ‘that girl.’ ”2015 February 8, Naomi Schaefer Riley, “Columbia mattress rape case is not justice — it’s shaming without proof”, in New York Post. From the entry in flagrante delicto
Meaning of housemate
- noun Someone living in the same house.
Questions about the plural of housemate
- What is the plural of housemate?
- The plural of housemate is housemates.
- Is housemate countable?
- Housemate is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: housemate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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