reside

See also: résidé and réside

English

Etymology

From Old French resider, from Latin residere ‎(“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- ‎(“back”) + sedere ‎(“to sit”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

reside ‎(third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)

1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]

2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.

Related terms

• residence
• residency
• resident
• residential

Translations

to dwell permanently or for a considerable time

• Arabic: أَقَامَ ‎(ʾaqāma), سَكَنَ ‎(sakana), عَاشَ ‎(ʿāša)
• Belarusian: пражыва́ць impf ‎(pražyvácʹ), жыць impf ‎(žycʹ)
• Bulgarian: живе́я (bg) impf ‎(živéja), обита́вам (bg) impf ‎(obitávam)
• Catalan: residir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 居住 (zh) ‎(jūzhù), 住 (zh) ‎(zhù), 居留 (zh) ‎(jūliú)

• Czech: bydlet (cs) impf
• Dutch: wonen (nl)
• Esperanto: loĝi
• French: habiter (fr), résider (fr), demeurer (fr)
• Georgian: ცხოვრება ‎(cxovreba), ბინადრობა ‎(binadroba)
• German: wohnen (de)
• Greek: μένω (el) ‎(méno)
• Hawaiian: noho
• Icelandic: búa (is)
• Indonesian: tinggal (id), menetap (id)
• Irish: cónaigh, bheith i do chónaí m
• Italian: risiedere (it)
• Japanese: 住む (ja) ‎(sumu), 居住する (ja) ‎(kyojū suru)
• Korean: 살다 (ko) ‎(salda), 거주하다 (ko) ‎(geojuhada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دانیشتن

• Lao: ຕັ້ງ ‎(tang), ສິງ (lo) ‎(sing), ອາໄສ ‎('ā sai)
• Latin: vivio, vivo (la), vivo (la)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: kééhashtʼį́
• Persian: زندگی کردن (fa) ‎(zendegi kardan)
• Polish: mieszkać (pl), mieszkać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: residir (pt)
• Quechua: tiyay
• Russian: прожива́ть (ru) impf ‎(proživátʹ), жить (ru) impf ‎(žitʹ), обита́ть (ru) impf ‎(obitátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaich, fuirich
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bydliś

• Spanish: residir (es)
• Telugu: నివసించు (te) ‎(nivasiṃcu)
• Thai: สิงสถิต ‎(sĭng sà tìt), อาศัย (th) ‎(aa săi), ประทับ (th) ‎(bprà táp)
• Turkish: oturmak (tr), ikamet etmek (tr), kalmak (tr), eğleşmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: ме́шкати (uk) impf ‎(méškaty), жи́ти impf ‎(žýty), прожива́ти (uk) impf ‎(prožyváty)
• Vietnamese: cư trú (vi), định cư (vi), ở (vi), lưu trú (vi)
• Volapük: lödön (vo)
• Yiddish: וווינען ‎(voynen)

to have a seat or fixed position

• French: résider (fr)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دانیشتن

to sink

See also

• abide
• dwell
• live
• stay

External links

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

Anagrams

• desire
• eiders

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Latin

Verb

residē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of resideō

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Portuguese

Verb

reside

1. third-person singular present indicative of residir
2. second-person singular imperative of residir

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Spanish

Verb

reside

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of residir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of residir.