residence

See also: résidence

English

Etymology

Inherited 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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• Hyphenation: res‧i‧dence

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