Dictionary

residence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence. Doublet of residencia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
   • Johnson took up his residence in London. 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
3. (countable, uncountable) The place where a corporation is established.
4. (countable, uncountable) The state of living in a particular place or environment.
   • The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. 1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87
5. (countable, uncountable) Accommodation for students at a university or college.
6. (countable, uncountable) The place where anything rests permanently.
   • But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then […] fights against his own majesty and kingship. 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
7. (countable, uncountable) Subsidence, as of a sediment
   • Separation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
8. (countable, uncountable) That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
   • waters of a muddy residence 1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason:
9. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of rezidentura.

Forms

Deriveds

residence permit · nonresidence · residence time · residence hall · take up residence · place of residence · hall of residence · coresidence · primary residence

Relateds

residential · homestead · reside · residency · mease · messuage · resident

Synonyms

rezidentura

Translations (198)

nl residentie (building used as a home) · fi koti (building used as a home) · ro rezidență (place where one lives) · bg пребива́ване (state of living in a place) · cmn 住宅 (place where one lives) · ru резиде́нция (building used as a home) · pt moradia (building used as a home) · hu lakóhely (place where one lives) · sa परिष्ठिति (place where one lives) · kk тұрғылықты жері (place where one lives) · be інтэрна́т (student accommodation) · bg местожи́телство (place where one lives) · ml വസതി (building used as a home) · txb wṣeñña (place where one lives) · uz turar joyi (place where one lives) · pt domicílio (building used as a home) · da bolig (place where one lives) · pl pobyt (state of living in a place) · fi kotipaikka (place where one lives) · alt турган јер (place where one lives) · cho aiʋshwa (place where one lives) · es residencia (place where one lives) · fi sedimentti (that which falls to the bottom of liquor) · fr résidence (building used as a home) · uk по́бут (state of living in a place) · de Firmensitz (place where a corporation is established) · sv bostad (place where one lives) · sv bostad (building used as a home) · hi गृह (building used as a home) · ar مَسْكَن (place where one lives) · ro rezidență (building used as a home) · uk резиде́нція (building used as a home) · da residens (building used as a home) · hu székhely (place where a corporation is established) · za ranzyouq (place where one lives) · fi asuminen (state of living in a place) · ro locuință (building used as a home) · be по́быт (state of living in a place) · bn মকান (place where one lives) · be прабыва́нне (state of living in a place) · uk місцеперебува́ння (place where one lives) · hi निवास (place where one lives) · cmn 住宅 (building used as a home) · cs sídlo (place where a corporation is established) · da bopæl (place where one lives) · fi oleskelu (state of living in a place) · fi kotitalo (building used as a home) · el κατοικία (building used as a home) · bho निवास (place where one lives) · pdt Wonunk (place where one lives) · ca residència (place where one lives) · nn residens (place where one lives) · uk гурто́житок (student accommodation) · tr hane (place where one lives) · fr résidence (student accommodation) · da bosted (place where one lives) · gd ionad-còmhnaidh (building used as a home) · be месцажыха́рства (place where one lives) · ang wunung (place where one lives) · gd còmhnaidh (building used as a home) · id kediaman (place where one lives) · grc οἴκημα (place where one lives) · tr ev (place where one lives) · uk перебува́ння (state of living in a place) · ko 체재 (state of living in a place) · fi asuinpaikka (place where one lives) · be жытло́ (building used as a home) · sw makazi (place where one lives) · sv residens (building used as a home) · gl residencia (place where one lives) · el έδρα (place where a corporation is established) · sk pobyt (state of living in a place) · cho aiʋtta (place where one lives) · sw makao (building used as a home) · gl eido (place where one lives) · ro sediu (place where a corporation is established) · ru местонахожде́ние (place where a corporation is established) · fo bústaður (place where one lives) · de Sitz (place where a corporation is established) · mnc ᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᠪᠠ (place where one lives) · cmn 居所 (place where one lives) · sw makao (place where a corporation is established) · ru резиде́нция (place where one lives) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (place where one lives) · ro domiciliu (place where one lives) · hu diákotthon (student accommodation) · sv boställe (place where one lives) · cmn 住所 (building used as a home) · tg иқомат (place where one lives) · fa-ira مَحَلِّ اِقامَت (place where one lives) · hu tartózkodási hely (place where one lives) · fi asuntola (student accommodation) · pt residência (building used as a home) · cmn 住所 (place where one lives) · kk тұрақ (place where one lives) · hu lakhely (place where one lives) · ky турак мекен (place where one lives) · tr rezidans (place where one lives) · nb bolig (building used as a home) · nb residens (place where one lives) · ro reședință (place where one lives) · az iqamətgah (place where one lives) · sh prebìvalīšte (place where one lives) · cmn 居留 (state of living in a place) · ru дом (building used as a home) · uk житло́ (building used as a home) · mnc ᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᠪᠠ (building used as a home) · fi sakka (that which falls to the bottom of liquor) · is bústaður (place where one lives) · fr résidence (place where one lives) · tr konut (place where one lives) · fr siège social (place where a corporation is established) · ru пребыва́ние (state of living in a place) · ro domiciliu (building used as a home) · tg иқоматгоҳ (place where one lives) · de Wohnort (place where one lives) · be жыллё (building used as a home) · el κατοικία (place where one lives) · fo búsetur (place where one lives) · id domisili (place where one lives) · sh бо̀равӣште (place where one lives) · sh обита̀валӣште (place where one lives) · za ranzyouq (building used as a home) · grc οἴκησις (state of living in a place) · kk тұратын жері (place where one lives) · az iqamət (place where one lives) · eo loĝejo (place where one lives) · ru общежи́тие (student accommodation) · sh ста̑н (place where one lives) · ca domicili (place where one lives) · ru жили́ще (building used as a home) · vi nơi ở (place where one lives) · sw makao (place where one lives) · hu kollégium (student accommodation) · gl lar (place where one lives) · ky турак жай (place where one lives) · ja 住宅 (place where one lives) · da bopæl (building used as a home) · fa-ira اِقامَت (place where one lives) · id hunian (building used as a home) · sh stȃn (place where one lives) · ja 滞在 (state of living in a place) · be месцапражыва́нне (place where one lives) · tr ikamet (place where one lives) · yi וווינונג (place where one lives) · gd còmhnaidh (place where one lives) · ml താമസസ്ഥലം (place where one lives) · bg общежи́тие (student accommodation) · ru местопребыва́ние (place where a corporation is established) · sv boplats (place where one lives) · ru местоположе́ние (place where a corporation is established) · pl miejsce zamieszkania (place where one lives) · gd ionad-còmhnaidh (place where one lives) · ur رہائش (place where one lives) · nn bustad (place where one lives) · be ме́сца жыха́рства (place where one lives) · tr konut (building used as a home) · kk қоныс (place where one lives) · sh bòravīšte (place where one lives) · sh stȁnīšte (place where one lives) · mos vɩɩm zĩiga (place where one lives) · ru местожи́тельство (place where one lives) · uk домі́вка (building used as a home) · ru прожива́ние (state of living in a place) · nl woonplaats (place where one lives) · ko 주소 (place where one lives) · bg резиде́нция (building used as a home) · da bolig (building used as a home) · bg седа́лище (place where a corporation is established) · ca residència (building used as a home) · fi kotipaikka (place where a corporation is established) · pt residência (place where one lives) · da residens (place where one lives) · de Wohnsitz (place where one lives) · bg жи́лище (building used as a home) · ko 주택 (place where one lives) · hi रहने का स्थान (place where one lives) · te నివాసము (place where one lives) · sv residens (place where one lives) · de Wohnhaus (building used as a home) · ca residència (student accommodation) · uk мі́сце прожива́ння (place where one lives) · fi koti (place where one lives) · sh obitàvalīšte (place where one lives) · gur kẽ'a zẽ'a (place where one lives) · ca seu social (place where a corporation is established) · pl mieszkanie (building used as a home) · da bosted (building used as a home) · cs pobyt (state of living in a place) · sh пребѝвалӣште (place where one lives) · ota مكان (place where one lives) · sh ста̏нӣште (place where one lives) · uga 𐎎𐎌𐎋𐎐𐎚 (place where one lives) · ru жильё (building used as a home) · cho aiasha (place where one lives) · it residenza (place where one lives) · nb bosted (place where one lives) · fa-ira اِقامَتْگاه (place where one lives)