сожительство

Russian

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Etymology

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со- (so-) +‎ жить (žitʹ) +‎ -тельство (-telʹstvo)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɐˈʐɨtʲɪlʲstvə]

Noun

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сожи́тельство (sožítelʹstvon inan (genitive сожи́тельства, nominative plural сожи́тельства, genitive plural сожи́тельств)

  1. cohabitation (of two lovers); common-law marriage
  2. (dated, literary) living under one roof; living together as roommates
  3. (figurative) coexistence as neighbors
    бра́тское сожи́тельство на́ших наро́довbrátskoje sožítelʹstvo nášix naródovthe brotherly coexistence of our peoples
  4. (politics) cohabitation (e.g. of a president and a prime minister from different parties)

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