residência

See also: residencia, residenciá, and residència

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.ziˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/ [he.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.ziˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/ [he.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [χe.ziˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/ [χe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.a/ [he.ziˈdẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sja/ [he.ziˈdẽ.sja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/ [ʁɨ.ziˈðẽ.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧si‧dên‧ci‧a

Noun

residência f (plural residências)

1. residence (the place where one lives)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:habitação

2. (Brazil) residency (position or term of a medical resident)

   Synonym: residência médica

3. domicile

   Synonym: domicílio

Derived terms

• residência-geral
• residencial

 

Related terms

• residente
• residir