"resident" in seven languages
Meaningresident
Spanish
/resiˈdente/
masc.learned
Same form for a woman: la residente; vecino is a resident of a neighbourhood.
French
/ʁezidɑ̃/
masc.learned
fem.: résidente
Habitant is the everyday word for an inhabitant.
Italian
/reziˈdɛnte/
masc.learned
Same form for a woman: la residente.
Portuguese
/moɾaˈdoh/
masc.other source · morar 'to live', from Latin MORĀRĪ 'to linger'
Romanian
/lokaˈtar/
masc.other source · French locataire 'tenant'
Catalan
/rəziˈden/
masc.learned
English
/ˈɹɛzɪdənt/
from Latin/French · Latin RESIDENTEM, via Old French
The Latin ancestor
RESIDENTEM‘sitting back, remaining (RESIDĒRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From RESIDĒRE 'to sit back, stay put', built on SEDĒRE 'to sit'. Italian and French voice the s between vowels; Spanish never does.
English relatives: reside, residence, residue
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In a sentence
- esEl aparcamiento es solo para residentes.
- frLe stationnement est réservé aux résidents.
- itIl parcheggio è riservato ai residenti.
- ptEstacionamento exclusivo para moradores.
- roParcare doar pentru locatari.
- caAparcament només per a residents.
- enParking is for residents only.
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