résidents
Résidents is the plural of the French noun résident, meaning a person who lives in a particular place. It can refer to inhabitants of a city, a neighborhood, a building, or a community. The feminine form is résidente, while the plural feminine is résidentes. The term derives from Latin residēre “to sit or remain,” via Old French; the accent on é in résident marks the closed syllable and stress typical of French.
In everyday French, résidents are the people who occupy a residence, distinguishing residents from visitors or
In English-language contexts, “residents” is used similarly to refer to people who live in a place, with
Related terms include résidente (female resident), résidence (residence), and résidence principale (principal residence). The word is