reside

See also: résidé, réside, and Reside

English

Etymology

From Middle English residen, 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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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, […]

   He still resides at his parents' house.

2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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

• Afrikaans: woon (af)
• Albanian: banoj (sq)
• Arabic: أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma), سَكَنَ (sakana), عَاشَ (ʕāša)
• Armenian: ապրել (hy) (aprel)
• Azerbaijani: yaşamaq (az), qalmaq (az)
• Belarusian: пражыва́ць impf (pražyvácʹ), жыць impf (žycʹ)
• Bulgarian: живе́я (bg) impf (živéja), обита́вам (bg) impf (obitávam)
• Burmese: နေ (my) (ne)
• Catalan: residir (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎡᎯ (ehi)
• Chinese:

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

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

  Ancient Greek: οἰκέω (oikéō)

• Hawaiian: noho
• Hebrew: גָּר (he) (gar)
• Hindi: रहना (hi) (rahnā), बसना (hi) (basnā)
• Hungarian: lakik (hu), tartózkodik (hu)
• Hunsrik: wohne
• Icelandic: búa (is)
• Indonesian: tinggal (id), menetap (id)
• Ingrian: ellää, elustaa, assua
• Irish: cónaigh, bheith i do chónaí m
• Italian: risiedere (it), vivere (it)
• Japanese: 住む (ja) (すむ, sumu), 居住する (ja) (きょじゅうする, kyojū suru)
• Kabuverdianu: mora
• Kazakh: тұру (kk) (tūru)
• Khmer: រស់ (km) (rŭəh)
• Korean: 살다 (ko) (salda), 거주하다 (ko) (geojuhada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دانیشتن (danîştin)

• Kyrgyz: туруу (ky) (turuu)
• Lao: ຕັ້ງ (tang), ສິງ (lo) (sing), ອາໄສ (ʼā sai)
• Latin: vivio, vivo (la), habito (la), incolō
• Latvian: dzīvot (lv), atrasties
• Lithuanian: gyventi (lt)
• Macedonian: жи́вее impf (žívee), пре́стои impf (préstoi)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: амьдрах (mn) (amʹdrax), орших (mn) (oršix)

• Navajo: kééhashtʼį́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bo (no)

  Nynorsk: bo

• Persian:

  Classical Persian: زِنْدَگِی کَرْدَن (zindagī kardan)

  Iranian Persian: زِنْدِگی کَرْدَن (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), morar (pt)
• Quechua: tiyay
• Romanian: a locui (ro), a trăi (ro)
• 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:

  Cyrillic: (Ekavian) жи́вети impf, (Ijekavian) жи́вјети impf, стано̀вати impf

  Roman: (Ekavian) žíveti (sh) impf, (Ijekavian) žívjeti (sh) impf, stanòvati (sh) impf

• Slovak: žiť impf, bývať impf
• Slovene: živéti (sl) impf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bydliś impf

  Upper Sorbian: bydlić impf

• Spanish: residir (es)
• Swedish: bo (sv)
• Tajik: зиндагӣ кардан (zindagi kardan)
• Telugu: నివసించు (te) (nivasiñcu)
• Thai: สิงสถิต (sǐng-sà-tìt), อาศัย (th) (aa-sǎi), ประทับ (th) (bprà-táp), สิง (th) (sǐng)
• Tocharian B: walāk-
• Turkish: oturmak (tr), ikamet etmek (tr), kalmak (tr), eğleşmek (tr), yaşamak (tr)
• Turkmen: ýaşamak
• Ukrainian: ме́шкати (uk) impf (méškaty), жи́ти (uk) impf (žýty), прожива́ти (uk) impf (prožyváty)
• Urdu: رَہْنا (rahnā), بَسْنا (basnā)
• Uyghur: ياشىماق (yashimaq), تۇرماق (turmaq)
• Uzbek: yashamoq (uz), turmoq (uz)
• 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “reside”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “reside”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Seider, desier, desire, eiders, eresid, redies

Latin

Verb

residē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of resideō

Portuguese

Verb

reside

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

Spanish

Verb

reside

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