residency

English

Etymology

From reside +‎ -ency or resident +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪdənsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)

1. The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
2. The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
3. (US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.
4. The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.

   The trance DJ was keen to secure a residency in Ibiza.

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 254:

     After a successful Thursday-night residency at the Marquee Club—where the Yardbirds, the Animals, and the Rolling Stones first earned their reputations—England's CBS label signed the group to a recording contract.

5. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura

Derived terms

• e-residency
• low-residency
• permanent residency

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (0 c, 66 e)

Translations

condition of being a resident of a particular place

Danish: ophold n German: Aufenthalt (de) m Hungarian: (temporary) tartózkodás (hu), (permanent) letelepedés (hu) Indonesian: kependudukan Portuguese: residência (pt) f

home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies

Danish: bosæde n German: Wohnsitz (de) m, ständiger Aufenthaltsort m Hungarian: lakhely (hu), lakóhely (hu), állandó lakhely, állandó tartózkodási engedély Italian: residenza (it)

position or term of a medical resident

German: Assistenzzeit f, Facharztausbildung f Hungarian: (klinikai) szakorvosi gyakorlat/képzés

position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue

German: Gastauftritt (de) m, Gastspiel (de) n, Gastaufenthalt m Hungarian: rezidensség, vendégjáték (hu), vendégszereplés (hu)

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “residency”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “residency”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.