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residential

Syllables: res·i·den·tial/ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/

residential adjective: of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.

Adjective

residential (comparative more residential, superlative most residential)

  1. Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
    • They live in a residential neighborhood.
  2. Used as a residence or by residents.
  3. Of or pertaining to residency.
    • There is a residential requirement for obtaining a marriage license here.

Noun

residential (plural residentials)

  1. A trip during which people temporarily live together.
    • The youth group organises annual residentials.

residential meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

residential in Hindi

of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
आवासीय āvāsīya

residential in Tamil

தங்குமிடம், வதிவிடம், வீடு, குடியிருப்பு வட்டாரம், உறைவிட

residential in Urdu

رہائشی

residential in Bengali

বাসভবনসংক্রান্ত, বাসসংক্রান্ত, আবাসী
More languagesFewer languages
residential in Malayalam
പാർപ്പിടങ്ങൾ നിറഞ്ഞ, വാസയോഗ്യമായ
residential in Kannada
ಮನೆಗಳಿರುವ, ಒಕ್ಕಲಾಗಬಲ್ಲ, ವಾಸದ ಮನೆಗಳಿರುವ, ನಿವಾಸಗಳ
residential in Punjabi
ਰਿਹਾਇਸ਼ੀ
residential in Gujarati
રહેણાંક
residential in Odia
ଆବାସିକ
residential in Nepali
आवासीय
residential in Arabic
سَكَنِيّ sakaniyy

Examples of residential in a sentence

  • The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
  • Their residential design is strongly influenced by Prairie and Usonian architecture.
  • A residential building in Kyiv was hit by a Shahed, injuring at least two people.

All 40 example sentences with residential

Forms of residential

Adjective
comparativemore residential
superlativemost residential
Noun
pluralresidentials

Words formed from residential

Phrases with residential

Questions about residential

What does residential mean?
Residential means of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.
What is residential in Hindi?
Residential in Hindi is आवासीय (āvāsīya). See Residential meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is residential?
Residential can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce residential?
Residential is pronounced /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/.

Words near residential in the dictionary

  1. resident ministers
  2. resident-general
  3. residental
  4. residenter
  5. residenters
  6. residential
  7. residential college
  8. residential colleges
  9. residential school
  10. residential schools
  11. residential treatment

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: residential (page history and authors); residential (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residential (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); residential (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residential (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residential (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); residential (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); residential (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); residential (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); residential (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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