beside

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːˈsaɪd/, /bɪˈsaɪd/,

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Preposition

beside

1. Next to; at the side of.

   A small table beside the bed

2. Not relevant to.

   That is beside the point

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with: besides. See w:Adverbial genitive.

Derived terms

• beside oneself
• beside the point
• besides

Translations

next to

Bulgarian: до (bg), край (bg), близо (bg) Czech: vedle (cs) Dutch: naast (nl) Finnish: vieressä, rinnalla, jonkin vieressä French: auprès de (fr) German: neben (de) Greek: δίπλα (dipla), πλάι se (plai se) Hebrew: לצד (le'tzad) Hungarian: mellett (hu) Ido: apud (io) Irish: cois (ga) Italian: accanto (it), vicino (it) Japanese: のそばに (ja) (no soba ni)

Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌نیشت (ku) (tanisht) Norwegian: ved siden av (no) Polish: obok (pl), przy (pl) Portuguese: ao lado de Romanian: lângă (ro) Russian: рядом (ru), около (ru), возле (ru) Scottish Gaelic: ri taobh (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кра̑ј (sh), уз (sh), по̏ред (sh) Roman: krȁj (sh), uz (sh), pȍred (sh) Spanish: cabe (es) Swedish: intill (sv), bredvid (sv) West Frisian: njonken (fy)

not relevant to

Dutch: naast (nl) French: outre (fr) German: neben (de) Greek: εκτός (el) (ektos)

Norwegian: på siden (no) Polish: poza (pl) Portuguese: irrelevante para Russian: помимо (ru)

See also

• para-

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: third · evil · outside · #694: beside · worth · please · quiet

Anagrams

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