different between cohabitation vs cohabit

English

Etymology

From French cohabitation, from Latin cohabitationem.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?hæb??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

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.
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, Jon Henly, The Guardian, 18 Jul 2001:

     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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.a.bi.ta.sj??/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin cohabit?; co- + habit? (“I dwell, I live in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??hæb?t/
• Rhymes: -æb?t

Verb

cohabit (third-person singular simple present cohabits, present participle cohabiting, simple past and past participle cohabited)

1. (intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
2. (intransitive) To coexist in common environs with.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To engage in sexual intercourse; see coition.

Synonyms

• (to live together with someone else): cohabitate
• (to engage in sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Related terms

• cohabitation

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