reside

See also: résidé and réside

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzaɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd
• Hyphenation: re‧side

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.
   • c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     , [Act III, scene i]:

     […] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]

   • 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.
   • c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     , [Act I, scene ii]:

     […] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]

3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
   • a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:

     […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

Related terms

• coreside
• 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)
• Cherokee: ᎡᎯ (ehi)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: bydlet (cs) impf
• Dutch: wonen (nl)
• Esperanto: loĝi (eo)
• Faroese: búgva
• Finnish: asustaa (fi)
• French: habiter (fr), résider (fr), demeurer (fr)
• Galician: residir
• Georgian: ცხოვრება (cxovreba), ბინადრობა (binadroba)
• German: wohnen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan)
• Greek: μένω (el) (méno)

  Ancient: οἰκέω (oikéō)

• Hawaiian: noho
• Hungarian: lakik (hu), tartózkodik (hu)
• Hunsrik: wohne
• 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)
• Kabuverdianu: mora
• Korean: 살다 (ko) (salda), 거주하다 (ko) (geojuhada)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دانیشتن‎ (danîştin)

• Lao: ຕັ້ງ (tang), ສິງ (lo) (sing), ອາໄສ (ʼā sai)
• Latin: vivio, vivo (la), habito (la), incolō
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: kééhashtʼį́
• Persian: زندگی کردن‎ (fa) (zendegi kardan)
• Polish: mieszkać (pl) impf, zamieszkać (pl) pf (to start to reside), zamieszkiwać (pl) impf, pomieszkać (pl) pf (to end to reside after some time)
• Portuguese: residir (pt)
• Quechua: tiyay
• Russian: прожива́ть (ru) impf (proživátʹ), жить (ru) impf (žitʹ), обита́ть (ru) impf (obitátʹ)
• Sanskrit: क्षेति (kṣeti), वसति (sa) (vasati)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaich, fuirich
• Serbo-Croatian: stanovati (sh)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bydliś

• Spanish: residir (es)
• Telugu: నివసించు (te) (nivasiñcu)
• Thai: สิงสถิต (sĭng sà tìt), อาศัย (th) (aa-sǎi), ประทับ (th) (bprà-táp)
• Tocharian B: walāk-
• 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:

  Central Kurdish: دانیشتن‎ (danîştin)

to sink

• Hungarian: leülepedik (hu), letelepedik (hu)

See also

• abide
• dwell
• live
• stay

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• desier, desire, eiders, eresid, redies

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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.