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Pronunciation / Transliteration: oku-pantes
"Os ocupantes do prédio foram evacuados."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Individuals who reside or are present in a particular space or property.
"The occupants of the building were evacuated due to the fire alarm." - 2
People who have taken possession of a place, often in a legal or formal context.
"The new occupants signed a lease agreement before moving in."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'occupants' derives from the Latin 'occupare', meaning 'to seize or take possession of'. It evolved through Middle English, where it referred to those who inhabit or reside in a space, reflecting a shift from a more active sense of seizing to a passive sense of residing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Occupants" is said worldwide
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occupants
Transliteration: oky-pants
"Les occupants de l'immeuble ont été évacués."
Bewohner
Transliteration: be-von-er
"Die Bewohner des Gebäudes wurden evakuiert."
occupanti
Transliteration: okku-panti
"Gli occupanti dell'edificio sono stati evacuati."
ocupantes
Transliteration: oku-pantes
"Los ocupantes del edificio fueron evacuados."
ocupantes
Transliteration: oku-pantes
"Os ocupantes do prédio foram evacuados."
निवासियों
Transliteration: nivaasiyon
"इमारत के निवासियों को निकाला गया।"
居民
Transliteration: jūmín
"建筑的居民被疏散了。"
거주자
Transliteration: geojuja
"건물의 거주자가 대피했습니다."
居住者
Transliteration: kyojūsha
"建物の居住者は避難しました。"
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