住居
解説 Definition
residences は residence の複数形で、人が暮らす建物や場所を指す「住居」です。一戸建てや集合住宅などのほか、法律や行政の文脈では複数の人の公式な居住地を指すこともあります。
Plural buildings or places where people live, including houses, apartments, and other dwellings. In formal or legal contexts, the word may also refer to the officially established homes or places of residence of several people.
使い方 Usage
- private residences「個人住宅」、luxury residences「高級住宅」のように、複数の住宅を種類ごとに説明できます。 Use combinations such as private residences and luxury residences to describe types of homes in the plural.
- 不動産や都市計画、行政など、住居を改まった表現で説明する場面に使われます。 Residences is used in formal descriptions of homes, including property, planning, and administrative contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
residence「住居」に -s を付けた複数形です。語尾は /ɪz/ と一音節増えて発音されます。residence は住む場所、resident はそこに住む人、と対にして覚えましょう。
Add -s to residence, a place where someone lives. The plural ending adds an /ɪz/ syllable. Pair residence, the place, with resident, the person who lives there.
例文
The city plans to build new residences for low-income families.
市は低所得世帯向けの新しい住居を建設する計画を立てています。
Many luxury residences have been constructed along the waterfront.
水辺には多くの高級住宅が建設されています。
The neighborhood consists of a mix of private residences and small businesses.
その地区には個人住宅と小規模な事業所が混在しています。
residences の類義語・関連語
residences の語源・成り立ち Etymology
residences は residence の複数形で、語源はラテン語 residere「後ろにとどまる・住み続ける」。re-「後ろへ」+ sedere「座る」から成り、resident や sedentary と同根なので、「腰を据えてとどまる場所」から住居の意味になった。
Residences is the regular plural of residence. Residence entered English through French from Latin residentia, based on residere, “to remain behind, stay, or reside.” That verb combines re-, conveying “back” or continued position, with sedere, “to sit.” The underlying image is of remaining settled in one place. Reside, resident, and residence belong to the same family, while sedentary is historically connected through the Latin root meaning “sit.”
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