cellmate

English

Etymology

From cell +‎ -mate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cellmate (plural cellmates)

1. A person with whom one shares a prison cell.

   Synonym: (slang) celly

Translations

person with whom one shares a prison cell

Afrikaans: selmaat Arabic: رَفِيق الزِّنْزَانَة (rafīq az-zinzāna) Bulgarian: съкилийник (sǎkilijnik) Chinese: Mandarin: 獄友 / 狱友 (yùyǒu) Czech: spoluvězeň m, spoluvězeňkyně f Dutch: celgenoot (nl) m Finnish: sellitoveri, sellikaveri French: compagnon de cellule m German: Zellengenosse (de) m Hungarian: cellatárs (hu) Macedonian: соќелиец m (soḱeliec) Polish: współwięzień (pl) m, współwięźniarka f Russian: сока́мерник (ru) m (sokámernik) Slovak: spoluväzeň m, spoluväzenkyňa f Swedish: cellkamrat c

See also

• prison bitch