resident

See also: résident

English

Etymology

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside +‎ -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt

Noun

resident (plural residents)

1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
   • 1868, Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's, volume 37, page 303:

     The tiger is a resident of the Lower Amoor, and ranges as high as 53° north latitude. In winter he roams through the same forests with the reindeer, and occasionally dines upon venison of his own catching.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.

   • 1953, Woodbridge Metcalf, “Trees of Las Posadas”, in Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources, volume 15, Northwest Regional Council:

     The acorns are more slender and pointed than the other and this tree is a resident of foothills all around the great valley up to elevations of about 3500 feet.

2. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
3. A physician receiving specialized medical training.

   She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.

5. (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
6. (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
7. (espionage) Alternative form of rezident

Derived terms

• coresident
• dual resident
• e-resident
• non-resident
• permanent resident
• residency
• resident alien
• resident-general
• resident minister
• residentship
• Southern resident orca

 

Translations

person living at a location or an area

• Albanian: banor (sq) m
• Arabic: سَاكِن (ar) m (sākin), سَاكِنَة f (sākina), سُكَّان pl (sukkān), أَهْل (ʔahl) (collectively)
• Armenian: բնակիչ (hy) (bnakičʻ)
• Assamese: বাসিন্দা (baxinda)
• Azerbaijani: sakin (az)
• Basque: biztanle
• Belarusian: жыха́р (be) m (žyxár), жыха́рка f (žyxárka), насе́льнік m (nasjélʹnik), насе́льніца f (nasjélʹnica), жы́цель m (žýcjelʹ), жы́целька f (žýcjelʹka)
• Bengali: বাসিন্দা (bn) (baśinda)
• Bulgarian: жи́тел m (žítel), жи́телка f (žítelka), обита́тел (bg) m (obitátel), обита́телка f (obitátelka)
• Catalan: resident (ca) m or f
• Cebuano: lumulupyo, residente
• Cherokee: ᎡᎯ (ehi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 居民 (zh) (jūmín), 居住者 (zh) (jūzhùzhě)

• Czech: obyvatel (cs) m, obyvatelka (cs) f
• Danish: fastboende m, indbygger (da) c
• Dutch: inwoner (nl) m
• Estonian: asukas (et), elanik (et)
• Finnish: asukas (fi)
• French: résident (fr) m, résidente (fr) f, habitant (fr) m, habitante (fr) f
• Galician: residente (gl) m or f
• Georgian: მაცხოვრებელი (macxovrebeli), მცხოვრები (mcxovrebi)
• German: Einwohner (de) m, Einwohnerin (de) f, Bewohner (de) m, Bewohnerin (de) f
• Greek: ένοικος (el) m or f (énoikos), κάτοικος (el) m or f (kátoikos)

  Ancient: ἐντόπιος m (entópios)

• Hebrew: תּוֹשָׁב (he) m (tosháv), תּוֹשֶׁבֶת (he) f
• Hindi: निवासी (hi) m (nivāsī), रहनेवाला m (rahnevālā)
• Hungarian: lakos (hu), lakó (hu), állandó lakos
• Indonesian: penghuni (id)
• Italian: residente (it) m
• Japanese: 居住者 (ja) (きょじゅうしゃ, kyojūsha), 住民 (ja) (じゅうみん, jūmin)
• Kazakh: тұрғын (tūrğyn)
• Khmer: គេហជន (km) (keihaʼcŭən)
• Kikuyu: mũikari class 1
• Korean: 주민(住民) (ko) (jumin), 거주자(居住者) (ko) (geojuja)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەھل (ehil), خەلک (xelk), دانشتوان (daniştwan)

• Kyrgyz: тургун (ky) (turgun)
• Latin: incola (la) m or f
• Latvian: iedzīvotājs m
• Lithuanian: gyventojas (lt) m
• Macedonian: жител m (žitel), жителка f (žitelka)
• Malay: penghuni, penduduk (ms)
• Maori: kainoho
• Marathi: रहिवासी (rahivāsī)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: суугч (mn) (suugč)

• Ngazidja Comorian: mkazi class 1/2
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beboer m, fastboende m, innbygger (no) m

• Pashto: مقيم (ps) m (moqím), مېشت m (mešt), مېشتی m (méštay)
• Persian: ساکن (fa) (sâken), اهل (fa) (ahl), مقیم (fa) (moqim)
• Plautdietsch: Bewona m
• Polish: mieszkaniec (pl) m, mieszkanka (pl) f, rezydent (pl) m, rezydentka f
• Portuguese: morador (pt) m, residente (pt) m or f, habitante (pt) m or f, íncola (pt) m or f
• Romanian: rezident (ro) m, rezidentă f
• Russian: жи́тель (ru) m (žítelʹ), жи́тельница (ru) f (žítelʹnica), резиде́нт (ru) m (rezidént), резиде́нтка (ru) f (rezidéntka) (literary, formal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стано̀внӣк m, стано̀вница f, жи́тељ m, житељка f, жи́тељица f

  Roman: stanòvnīk (sh) m, stanòvnica (sh) f, žítelj (sh) m, žiteljka f, žíteljica (sh) f

• Slovak: obyvateľ m, obyvateľka f
• Slovene: prebivalec (sl) m, prebivalka f
• Spanish: residente (es) m, habitante (es), munícipe m or f
• Swahili: makao (sw), mwenyeji (sw)
• Swedish: boende (sv) c, invånare (sv) c
• Tajik: сокин (sokin)
• Tatar: яшәүче (yaşäwçe)
• Thai: ผู้พักอาศัย (pûu-pák-aa-sǎi)
• Turkish: durgun (tr), sakin (tr)
• Ukrainian: ме́шканець m (méškanecʹ), ме́шканка f (méškanka), жи́тель m (žýtelʹ), жи́телька f (žýtelʹka)
• Urdu: رہائشی (rihāiśī), رہائش پذِیر (rihāiś-pazīr), باشندہ (bāšinda)
• Uyghur: ئاھالە (ahale)
• Uzbek: yashovchi (uz), turuvchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: cư dân (vi) (居民)
• Yiddish: אײַנוואוינער (aynvoyner)
• Yoruba: olùgbé

physician receiving specialized medical training

• Catalan: resident (ca) m or f
• Finnish: erikoistuva lääkäri
• French: interne (fr)
• German: Assistentarzt m
• Greek: ειδικευόμενος γιατρός m or f (eidikevómenos giatrós)
• Hungarian: rezidens (hu), gyakorló orvos, alorvos (hu), segédorvos (hu), klinikai képzésen részt vevő orvos
• Indonesian: dokter residen
• Portuguese: residente (pt) m or f

Adjective

resident (comparative more resident, superlative most resident)

1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.

   resident in the city or in the country

2. Based in a particular place; on hand; local.

   He is our resident computer expert.

   • 2023 November 1, “Network News: Strong industry interest as Positive Traction launches '08e'”, in RAIL, number 995, page 19:

     Across the country, around 180 Class 08/09s are still registered with main line operators and spot hire companies as well as at various industrial sites, while around 70 more are resident at heritage railways.

3. (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:

     stable and resident like a rock

   • 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert:

     one there still resident as day and night

4. (computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (0 c, 66 e)

Translations

dwelling in a place for a continued length of time

• Bulgarian: постоянно живеещ (postojanno živeešt)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐντόπιος (entópios)

• Swedish: bofast (sv)

Further reading

• “resident”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “resident”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “resident”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Dniester, Neiderts, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin residentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.ziˈðen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.ziˈðent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ziˈðent]

Noun

resident m or f by sense (plural residents)

1. resident

Related terms

• residència
• residir

Further reading

• “resident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “resident”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “resident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “resident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ladin

Noun

resident m (plural residenc)

1. resident

Latin

Verb

resident

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resideō

Maltese

Alternative forms

• residenti

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian residente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ.sɪˈdɛnt/

Noun

resident m (plural residenti, feminine residenta)

1. resident

Related terms

• residenza
• residenzjali

 

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of residēns, from the verb resideō.

Adjective

resident m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente)

1. resident; residing

References

• resident on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub