residen

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Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ré‧si‧dèn

Noun

résidèn (plural residen-residen)

  1. resident:
    1. a person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
    2. (historical) some official representatives of European colonial powers, while in theory diplomats, in practice exercised a degree of indirect rule, including in Dutch East Indies as head of Dutch residentie or Dutch afdeling.
    3. (medicine) a physician receiving specialized medical training.

Affixed terms

Descendants

  • Chinese: 挨實嗹 / 挨实𪡏.[1]

References

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

residen (Jawi spelling ريسيدن or ريسيدين, plural residen-residen, informal 1st possessive residenku, 2nd possessive residenmu, 3rd possessive residennya)

  1. (historical) A representative of the British government on occupied territory or in a protectorate of the British empire.
  2. (Indonesia) See Indonesian residen.

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Spanish

Verb

residen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of residir