residen

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Malay residen, from Dutch resident, from French résident, from Latin residens, residentem.
• For sense of physician receiving specialized medical training, semantic loan from English resident.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈsid̪ɛn]
• Hyphenation: ré‧si‧dèn

Noun

résidèn (plural residen-residen, first-person possessive residenku, second-person possessive residenmu, third-person possessive residennya)

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

• keresidenan

 

Related terms

• residensi
• residensial

 

Descendants

• → Chinese: 挨實嗹／挨实𪡏.

Further reading

• “residen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Verb

residen

1. third-person plural present indicative of residir