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 m
• Hungarian: cellatárs (hu)
• Macedonian: соќелиец m (soḱeliec)
• Polish: współwięzień (pl) m
• Russian: сока́мерник (ru) m (sokámernik)
• Slovak: spoluväzeň m, spoluväzenkyňa f
• Swedish: cellkamrat c

See also

• prison bitch