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residence

noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The place where a corporation is established.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The state of living in a particular place or environment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Accommodation for students at a university or college.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The place where anything rests permanently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Subsidence, as of a sediment

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Synonym of rezidentura.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rezidentura

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

the act of dwelling in a place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: residency, abidance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity

Narrower terms: lodging, occupancy, tenancy

11

noun

Meaning 11

a large and imposing house

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

Narrower terms: manor, manor house, palace, castle, stately home

12

noun

Meaning 12

the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he refused to live in the governor's residence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

Narrower terms: court, deanery, manse, palace, parsonage, vicarage, rectory, religious residence, cloister, Vatican, Vatican Palace, White House, Mount Vernon

13

noun

Meaning 13

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a person can have several residences

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abode

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: address

Narrower terms: domicile, legal residence, home, place

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

198 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَسْكَن (maskan) — place where one lives
  • Azerbaijani: iqamətgah — place where one lives
  • Azerbaijani: iqamət — place where one lives
  • Belarusian: ме́сца жыха́рства (mjésca žyxárstva) — place where one lives
  • Belarusian: месцажыха́рства (mjescažyxárstva) — place where one lives
  • Belarusian: месцапражыва́нне (mjescapražyvánnje) — place where one lives
  • Bengali: মকান (mokan) — place where one lives
  • Bhojpuri: निवास (nivās) — place where one lives
  • Bulgarian: местожи́телство (mestožítelstvo) — place where one lives
  • Catalan: residència — place where one lives
  • Catalan: domicili — place where one lives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居所 (jūsuǒ) — place where one lives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 住所 (zhùsuǒ) — place where one lives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 住宅 (zhùzhái) — place where one lives
  • Choctaw: aiʋtta — place where one lives
  • Choctaw: aiʋshwa — place where one lives
  • Choctaw: aiasha — place where one lives
  • Danish: bolig — place where one lives
  • Danish: bopæl — place where one lives
  • Danish: bosted — place where one lives
  • Danish: residens — place where one lives
  • Dutch: woonplaats — place where one lives
  • Esperanto: loĝejo — place where one lives
  • Farefare: kẽ'a zẽ'a — place where one lives
  • Faroese: bústaður — place where one lives
  • Faroese: búsetur — place where one lives
  • Finnish: kotipaikka — place where one lives
  • Finnish: asuinpaikka — place where one lives
  • Finnish: koti — place where one lives
  • French: résidence — place where one lives
  • Galician: residencia — place where one lives
  • Galician: lar — place where one lives
  • Galician: eido — place where one lives
  • German: Wohnsitz — place where one lives
  • German: Wohnort — place where one lives
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (bauains) — place where one lives
  • Greek: κατοικία (katoikía) — place where one lives
  • Ancient Greek: οἴκημα (oíkēma) — place where one lives
  • Hindi: निवास (nivās) — place where one lives
  • Hindi: रहने का स्थान (rahne kā sthān) — place where one lives
  • Hungarian: lakhely — place where one lives
  • Hungarian: lakóhely — place where one lives
  • Hungarian: tartózkodási hely — place where one lives
  • Icelandic: bústaður — place where one lives
  • Indonesian: kediaman — place where one lives
  • Indonesian: domisili — place where one lives
  • Italian: residenza — place where one lives
  • Japanese: 住宅 (jūtaku) — place where one lives
  • Kazakh: тұрақ (tūraq) — place where one lives
  • Kazakh: қоныс (qonys) — place where one lives
  • Kazakh: тұрғылықты жері (tūrğylyqty jerı) — place where one lives
  • Kazakh: тұратын жері (tūratyn jerı) — place where one lives
  • Korean: 주소 (juso) — place where one lives
  • Korean: 주택 (jutaek) — place where one lives
  • Kyrgyz: турак жай (turak jay) — place where one lives
  • Kyrgyz: турак мекен (turak meken) — place where one lives
  • Malayalam: താമസസ്ഥലം (tāmasasthalaṁ) — place where one lives
  • Manchu: ᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᠪᠠ (tehe ba) — place where one lives
  • Moore: vɩɩm zĩiga — place where one lives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bosted — place where one lives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: residens — place where one lives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bustad — place where one lives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: residens — place where one lives
  • Old English: wunung — place where one lives
  • Iranian Persian: اِقامَتْگاه (eġâmatgâh) — place where one lives
  • Iranian Persian: اِقامَت (eġâmat) — place where one lives
  • Iranian Persian: مَحَلِّ اِقامَت (mahall-e eġâmat) — place where one lives
  • Plautdietsch: Wonunk — place where one lives
  • Polish: miejsce zamieszkania — place where one lives
  • Portuguese: residência — place where one lives
  • Romanian: rezidență — place where one lives
  • Romanian: domiciliu — place where one lives
  • Romanian: reședință — place where one lives
  • Russian: местожи́тельство (mestožítelʹstvo) — place where one lives
  • Russian: резиде́нция (rezidéncija) — place where one lives
  • Sanskrit: परिष्ठिति (pariṣṭhiti) — place where one lives
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh — place where one lives
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad-còmhnaidh — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: обита̀валӣште — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̀равӣште — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̑н — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: пребѝвалӣште — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̏нӣште — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: obitàvalīšte — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: bòravīšte — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȃn — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: prebìvalīšte — place where one lives
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȁnīšte — place where one lives
  • Southern Altai: турган јер (turgan ǰer) — place where one lives
  • Spanish: residencia — place where one lives
  • Swahili: makao — place where one lives
  • Swahili: makazi — place where one lives
  • Swedish: bostad — place where one lives
  • Swedish: boplats — place where one lives
  • Swedish: boställe — place where one lives
  • Swedish: residens — place where one lives
  • Tajik: иқоматгоҳ (iqomatgoh) — place where one lives
  • Tajik: иқомат (iqomat) — place where one lives
  • Telugu: నివాసము (nivāsamu) — place where one lives
  • Tocharian B: wṣeñña — place where one lives
  • Turkish: konut — place where one lives
  • Turkish: ev — place where one lives
  • Turkish: hane — place where one lives
  • Turkish: rezidans — place where one lives
  • Turkish: ikamet — place where one lives
  • Ottoman Turkish: مكان (mekân) — place where one lives
  • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎌𐎋𐎐𐎚 (mšknt) — place where one lives
  • Ukrainian: мі́сце прожива́ння (mísce prožyvánnja) — place where one lives
  • Ukrainian: місцеперебува́ння (misceperebuvánnja) — place where one lives
  • Urdu: رہائش (rihāiš) — place where one lives
  • Uzbek: turar joyi — place where one lives
  • Vietnamese: nơi ở — place where one lives
  • Yiddish: וווינונג (voynung) — place where one lives
  • Zhuang: ranzyouq — place where one lives
  • Belarusian: жыллё (žylljó) — building used as a home
  • Belarusian: жытло́ (žytló) — building used as a home
  • Bulgarian: жи́лище (žílište) — building used as a home
  • Bulgarian: резиде́нция (rezidéncija) — building used as a home
  • Catalan: residència — building used as a home
  • Chinese Mandarin: 住宅 (zhùzhái) — building used as a home
  • Chinese Mandarin: 住所 (zhùsuǒ) — building used as a home
  • Danish: bolig — building used as a home
  • Danish: bopæl — building used as a home
  • Danish: bosted — building used as a home
  • Danish: residens — building used as a home
  • Dutch: residentie — building used as a home
  • Finnish: koti — building used as a home
  • Finnish: kotitalo — building used as a home
  • French: résidence — building used as a home
  • German: Wohnhaus — building used as a home
  • Greek: κατοικία (katoikía) — building used as a home
  • Hindi: गृह (gŕh) — building used as a home
  • Indonesian: hunian — building used as a home
  • Malayalam: വസതി (vasati) — building used as a home
  • Manchu: ᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᠪᠠ (tehe ba) — building used as a home
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bolig — building used as a home
  • Polish: mieszkanie — building used as a home
  • Portuguese: residência — building used as a home
  • Portuguese: domicílio — building used as a home
  • Portuguese: moradia — building used as a home
  • Romanian: rezidență — building used as a home
  • Romanian: domiciliu — building used as a home
  • Romanian: locuință — building used as a home
  • Russian: жильё (žilʹjó) — building used as a home
  • Russian: резиде́нция (rezidéncija) — building used as a home
  • Russian: дом (dom) — building used as a home
  • Russian: жили́ще (žilíšče) — building used as a home
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh — building used as a home
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad-còmhnaidh — building used as a home
  • Swahili: makao — building used as a home
  • Swedish: bostad — building used as a home
  • Swedish: residens — building used as a home
  • Turkish: konut — building used as a home
  • Ukrainian: житло́ (žytló) — building used as a home
  • Ukrainian: домі́вка (domívka) — building used as a home
  • Ukrainian: резиде́нція (rezydéncija) — building used as a home
  • Zhuang: ranzyouq — building used as a home
  • Bulgarian: седа́лище (sedálište) — place where a corporation is established
  • Catalan: seu social — place where a corporation is established
  • Czech: sídlo — place where a corporation is established
  • Finnish: kotipaikka — place where a corporation is established
  • French: siège social — place where a corporation is established
  • German: Sitz — place where a corporation is established
  • German: Firmensitz — place where a corporation is established
  • Greek: έδρα (édra) — place where a corporation is established
  • Hungarian: székhely — place where a corporation is established
  • Romanian: sediu — place where a corporation is established
  • Russian: местонахожде́ние (mestonaxoždénije) — place where a corporation is established
  • Russian: местоположе́ние (mestopoložénije) — place where a corporation is established
  • Russian: местопребыва́ние (mestoprebyvánije) — place where a corporation is established
  • Swahili: makao — place where a corporation is established
  • Belarusian: прабыва́нне (prabyvánnje) — state of living in a place
  • Belarusian: по́быт (póbyt) — state of living in a place
  • Bulgarian: пребива́ване (prebivávane) — state of living in a place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居留 (jūliú) — state of living in a place
  • Czech: pobyt — state of living in a place
  • Finnish: asuminen — state of living in a place
  • Finnish: oleskelu — state of living in a place
  • Ancient Greek: οἴκησις (oíkēsis) — state of living in a place
  • Japanese: 滞在 (taizai) — state of living in a place
  • Korean: 체재 (chejae) — state of living in a place
  • Polish: pobyt — state of living in a place
  • Russian: пребыва́ние (prebyvánije) — state of living in a place
  • Russian: прожива́ние (proživánije) — state of living in a place
  • Slovak: pobyt — state of living in a place
  • Ukrainian: перебува́ння (perebuvánnja) — state of living in a place
  • Ukrainian: по́бут (póbut) — state of living in a place
  • Belarusian: інтэрна́т (internát) — student accommodation
  • Bulgarian: общежи́тие (obštežítie) — student accommodation
  • Catalan: residència — student accommodation
  • Finnish: asuntola — student accommodation
  • French: résidence — student accommodation
  • Hungarian: diákotthon — student accommodation
  • Hungarian: kollégium — student accommodation
  • Russian: общежи́тие (obščežítije) — student accommodation
  • Ukrainian: гурто́житок (hurtóžytok) — student accommodation
  • Finnish: sakka — that which falls to the bottom of liquor
  • Finnish: sedimentti — that which falls to the bottom of liquor
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