residu

Learned borrowing from Latin residuum, from resideō (“I remain behind”).

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residu m (plural residus)

1. residue, waste
2. (mathematics) remainder
3. (statistics) residual
4. (chemistry) residuum

• residu radioactiu

• residir
• residual

• “residu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Borrowed from Dutch residu (“residue”), from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus (“remaining”), from resideō (“I remain behind”).

• IPA^(key): /re.ˈsi.du/
• Rhymes: -du
• Hyphenation: re‧si‧du

residu (plural residu-residu)

1. residue
   1. whatever remains after something else has been removed

      Synonyms: ampas, sisa

   2. (chemistry) the substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process

      Synonym: baki (Standard Malay)

• “residu” 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.