residence

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/ Hyphenation: res‧i‧dence === Noun === residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences) The place where one lives (resides); one's home. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein. The place where a corporation is established. The state of living in a particular place or environment. 1713, The History of the Common Law of England, Sir Matthew Hale (jurist), Google Books, page 87 The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Accommodation for students at a university or college. The place where anything rests permanently. Subsidence, as of a sediment That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== homestead messuage mease === Further reading === “residence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “residence”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “residence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Middle French == === Noun === residence f (plural residences) residence (place where one resides) == Old French == === Alternative forms === residance residense === Noun === residence oblique singular, f (oblique plural residences, nominative singular residence, nominative plural residences) residence (place where one resides)