Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Calque of French résider and nativized as re- +‎ ședea (to sit).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /re.ʃeˈde̯a/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: re‧șe‧dea

Verb

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a reședea (third-person singular present reșade, past participle reșezut) 2nd conj.

  1. (intransitive, dated) to reside, domicile [19th c.–early 20th c.]
    • c. 1874, Mihai Eminescu, “În căutarea Șeherezadei” [“In search of Scheherazade”]; posthumously published in Perpessicius, editor, Opere [Works], volume 4, Bucharest: Academy of the People’s Republic of Romania, 1959, page 209:
      Ah! e cetatea cea strălucitoare
      Unde ’mpăratul Indiei reșade :
      Un soare însuși este el sub soare.
      Ah! it is the resplendent fortress
      Where the Emperor of India resides:
      Himself a sun under the sun.

Conjugation

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