domicile

English

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Alternative forms

• domicil (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French domicile.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈdɑmɪsaɪl/, /ˈdɑmɪsɪl/

Noun

domicile (plural domiciles)

1. (formal) A home or residence.

   The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile; too bad I was on vacation at the time.

2. (law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)

Related terms

• domiciled
• domiciliary

Translations

home or residence

• Bulgarian: резиденция (bg) (rezidéncija) f, местожителство (bg) (mestožítelstvo) n
• Catalan: domicili (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 住所 (cmn) (zhùsuǒ), 住宅 (cmn) (zhùzhái)

• French: domicile (fr) m
• German: Domizil (de) n
• Greek: κατοικία (el) (katoikía) f
• Italian: domicilio (it) m
• Japanese: 住所 (ja) (じゅうしょ, jūsho), 住居 (ja) (すまい, sumai, じゅうきょ, jūkyo), 住宅 (ja) (じゅうたく, jūtaku)

• Latin: domicilium (la) n
• Macedonian: живеалиште (mk) (živeálište) n
• Polish: domicyl (pl) m
• Portuguese: domicílio (pt) m
• Romanian: domiciliu (ro) n
• Russian: место жительства (ru) (mésto žítelʹstva) n, местожительство (ru) (mestožítelʹstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: станиште (sh) n, боравиште (sh) n

  Roman: stanište (sh) n, boravište (sh) n

• Spanish: domicilio (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Latin domicilium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

domicile m (plural domiciles)

1. domicile