residence

See also: résidence

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences)

1. The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
   • 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:

     Johnson took up his residence in London.

2. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
3. The place where a corporation is established.
4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
   • 1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87

     The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.

5. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
6. The place where anything rests permanently.
   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:

     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.

7. Subsidence, as of a sediment
   • 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:

     Separation […] is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.

8. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
   • 1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason:

     waters of a muddy residence

9. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura

Derived terms

• hall of residence
• primary residence
• residence hall
• residence permit
• residence time
• take up residence

 

Related terms

• reside
• residency
• resident
• residential

Translations

place where one lives

Arabic: مَسْكَن (ar) m (maskan) Belarusian: ме́сца жыха́рства n (mjésca žyxárstva), месцажыха́рства n (mjescažyxárstva), месцапражыва́нне n (mjescapražyvánnje) Bengali: মকান (bn) (mokan) Bhojpuri: निवास (nivās) Bulgarian: местожи́телство (bg) n (mestožítelstvo) Catalan: residència (ca) f, domicili (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 居所 (zh) (jūsuǒ), 住所 (zh) (zhùsuǒ), 住宅 (zh) (zhùzhái) Danish: bolig (da) n, bopæl (da) c, bosted n, residens c Dutch: woonplaats (nl) f Esperanto: loĝejo (eo) Farefare: kẽ'a zẽ'a Faroese: bústaður m, búsetur n Finnish: kotipaikka (fi), asuinpaikka (fi), koti (fi) French: résidence (fr) f Galician: residencia (gl) f, lar (gl), eido m German: Wohnsitz (de) m, Wohnort (de) m Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (bauains) Greek: κατοικία (el) f (katoikía) Ancient: οἴκημα n (oíkēma) Hindi: निवास (hi) m (nivās), रहने का स्थान m (rahne kā sthān) Hungarian: lakhely (hu), lakóhely (hu), tartózkodási hely Icelandic: bústaður (is) m Indonesian: kediaman (id), domisili (id) Italian: residenza (it) f Japanese: 住宅 (ja) (じゅうたく, jūtaku) Korean: 주소(住所) (ko) (juso), 주택(住宅) (ko) (jutaek) Malayalam: താമസസ്ഥലം (tāmasasthalaṁ) Moore: vɩɩm zĩiga Norwegian: Bokmål: bosted n, residens m Nynorsk: bustad m, residens m Old English: wunung f Ottoman Turkish: مكان (mekân) Plautdietsch: Wonunk f Polish: miejsce zamieszkania n Portuguese: residência (pt) f Romanian: rezidență (ro) f, domiciliu (ro) n Russian: местожи́тельство (ru) n (mestožítelʹstvo), резиде́нция (ru) f (rezidéncija) (of diplomats, politicians, etc.) Sanskrit: परिष्ठिति (sa) f (pariṣṭhiti) Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh f, ionad-còmhnaidh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: обита̀валӣште n, бо̀равӣште n, ста̑н m, пребѝвалӣште n, ста̏нӣште n Roman: obitàvalīšte (sh) n, bòravīšte (sh) n, stȃn (sh) m, prebìvalīšte (sh) n, stȁnīšte (sh) n Spanish: residencia (es) f Swahili: makao (sw) Swedish: bostad (sv) c (if living in a building), boplats (sv) c, boställe (sv) n (otherwise), residens (sv) n Telugu: నివాసము (te) (nivāsamu) Tocharian B: wṣeñña Turkish: konut (tr), ev (tr), hane (tr), rezidans (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎌𐎋𐎐𐎚 (mšknt) Ukrainian: мі́сце прожива́ння n (mísce prožyvánnja), місцеперебува́ння n (misceperebuvánnja) Urdu: رہائش (rihāiš) Vietnamese: nơi ở (vi) Yiddish: וווינונג f (voynung)

building used as a home

Belarusian: жыллё n (žylljó), жытло́ n (žytló) Bulgarian: жи́лище (bg) n (žílište), резиде́нция (bg) f (rezidéncija) Catalan: residència (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 住宅 (zh) (zhùzhái), 住所 (zh) (zhùsuǒ) Danish: bolig (da) n, bopæl (da) c, bosted n, residens c Dutch: residentie (nl) Finnish: koti (fi), kotitalo French: résidence (fr) f German: Wohnhaus (de) n Greek: κατοικία (el) f (katoikía) Hindi: गृह (hi) m (gŕh) Indonesian: hunian (id) Malayalam: വസതി (ml) (vasati) Norwegian: Bokmål: bolig (no) m Polish: mieszkanie (pl) n Portuguese: residência (pt) f, domicílio (pt) m, moradia (pt) f Romanian: rezidență (ro) f, domiciliu (ro) n, locuință (ro) f Russian: жильё (ru) n (žilʹjó), резиде́нция (ru) f (rezidéncija) (of diplomats, politicians, etc.), дом (ru) m (dom), жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče) Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh f, ionad-còmhnaidh m Swahili: makao (sw) Swedish: bostad (sv) c, residens (sv) n Turkish: konut (tr) Ukrainian: житло́ (uk) n (žytló), домі́вка (uk) f (domívka), резиде́нція f (rezydéncija)

place where a corporation is established

Bulgarian: седа́лище (bg) n (sedálište) Catalan: seu social f Czech: sídlo (cs) n Finnish: kotipaikka (fi) French: siège social (fr) m German: Sitz (de) m, Firmensitz (de) m Greek: έδρα (el) f (édra) Hungarian: székhely (hu) Romanian: sediu (ro) n Russian: местонахожде́ние (ru) n (mestonaxoždénije), местоположе́ние (ru) n (mestopoložénije), местопребыва́ние (ru) n (mestoprebyvánije) Swahili: makao (sw)

state of living in a place

Belarusian: прабыва́нне n (prabyvánnje), по́быт m (póbyt) Bulgarian: пребива́ване (bg) n (prebivávane) Chinese: Mandarin: 居留 (zh) (jūliú) Czech: pobyt (cs) m Finnish: asuminen (fi) (chiefly permanent); oleskelu (fi) (temporary) Greek: Ancient: οἴκησις f (oíkēsis) Japanese: 滞在 (ja) (たいざい, taizai) Korean: 체재(滞在) (ko) (chejae) Polish: pobyt (pl) m Russian: пребыва́ние (ru) n (prebyvánije), прожива́ние (ru) n (proživánije) Slovak: pobyt m Ukrainian: перебува́ння n (perebuvánnja), по́бут (uk) m (póbut)

student accommodation

Belarusian: інтэрна́т m (internát) Bulgarian: общежи́тие (bg) n (obštežítie) Catalan: residència (ca) Finnish: asuntola (fi) French: résidence (fr) f Hungarian: diákotthon (hu), kollégium (hu) Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n (obščežítije) Ukrainian: гурто́житок m (hurtóžytok)

place where anything rests permanently

subsidence, as of a sediment — see subsidence

that which falls to the bottom of liquor

Finnish: sakka (fi), sedimentti (fi)

espionage — see rezidentura

See also

• homestead
• messuage
• mease

Further reading

• “residence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “residence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “residence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle French

Noun

residence f (plural residences)

1. residence (place where one resides)

Old French

Alternative forms

• residance
• residense

Noun

residence oblique singular, f (oblique plural residences, nominative singular residence, nominative plural residences)

1. residence (place where one resides)