residence

Etymology

From Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/

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Noun

residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences)

1. The place where one lives; one's home.
   • Macaulay

     Johnson took up his residence in London.

2. A building used as a home.
3. The place where a corporation is established.
4. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
   • Sir M. Hale

     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.
   • Milton

     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

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

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Further reading

• residence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• residence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• residence at OneLook Dictionary Search

Noun

residence f (plural residences)

1. residence (place where one resides)

Alternative forms

• residance
• residense

Noun

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

1. residence (place where one resides)