Meanings
nounpermanent resident (plural permanent residents)
plural permanent residents
- A person with permanent residency, a visa status which allows that person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country.
Translations
Bulgarian постоянен жител
- постоянен жител (postojanen žitel)person with permanent residency
Chinese Mandarin 永久居民
- 永久居民 (yǒngjiǔ jūmín)person with permanent residency
Finnish pysyvän oleskeluluvan haltija
- pysyvän oleskeluluvan haltijaperson with permanent residency
French résident de longue durée, résident permanent
- résident de longue duréeperson with permanent residency
- résident permanentperson with permanent residency
Hungarian állandó tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkező személy
- állandó tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkező személyperson with permanent residency
Malay mastautin
- mastautinperson with permanent residency
Polish stały mieszkaniec, stała mieszkanka
- stały mieszkaniecperson with permanent residency
- stała mieszkankaperson with permanent residency
Portuguese residente permanente
- residente permanenteperson with permanent residency
Russian постоя́нный жи́тель, постоя́нная жи́тельница
- постоя́нный жи́тель (postojánnyj žítelʹ)person with permanent residency
- постоя́нная жи́тельница (postojánnaja žítelʹnica)person with permanent residency
Spanish residente permanente
- residente permanenteperson with permanent residency
Vietnamese thường trú dân
- thường trú dânperson with permanent residency
Cite this entry
APA
permanent resident. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permanent%20resident
MLA
“permanent resident.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permanent%20resident. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “permanent resident,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/permanent%20resident.
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