different between residency vs resident

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?d?nsi/

Noun

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)

1. The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
2. The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
3. (US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.
4. The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.

5. (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura

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Translations

Further reading

• residency in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• residency at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin resid?ns, present participle of reside? (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sede? (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?d(?)nt/

Noun

resident (plural residents)

1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.

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

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

Derived terms

Translations

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.

3. (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year

     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.

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin resid?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.zi?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.zi?den/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.zi?dent/

Noun

resident m or f (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.
• “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 reside?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of resid?ns, from the verb reside?.

Adjective

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

1. resident; residing

References

• resident on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub