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

3. besides; in addition to
   • Alexander Pope

     To all beside, as much an empty shade, / An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• beside oneself
• beside the point
• besides

Translations

next to

• Arabic: بجانب (ar) (bi-jānib)
• Bulgarian: до (bg) (do), край (bg) (kraj), близо (bg) (blízo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在...旁邊 (cmn), 在...旁边 (cmn) (zài...pángbiān)

• 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 (he) (le'tzad)
• Hindi: ... की बग़ल में (hi) (... kī baġal mẽ)
• Hungarian: mellett (hu)
• Ido: apud (io)
• Irish: cois (ga)
• Italian: accanto (it), vicino (it)
• Japanese: ...のそばに (ja) (...no soba ni)

• Korean: ...옆에 (ko) (...yeob-e)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ته‌نیشت (ku) (tanisht)

• Norwegian: ved siden av (no)
• Polish: obok (pl), przy (pl)
• Portuguese: ao lado de
• Romanian: lângă (ro)
• Russian: рядом с (ru) (rjádom s) (+ instrumental case), около (ru) (ókolo) (+ genitive case), возле (ru) (vózle) (+ genitive case)
• Scottish Gaelic: ri taobh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кра̑ј (sh), уз (sh), по̏ред (sh)

  Roman: krȁj (sh), uz (sh), pȍred (sh)

• Spanish: cabe (es), al lado de (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) (pomímo) (+ genitive case)

See also

• para-

Statistics

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

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