besides

English

Etymology

beside +‎ -s See -s (Etymology 3)

Pronunciation

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Preposition

besides

1. (obsolete) beside
2. in addition to
   • August 3, 2008 - Captain Tagon to Ebinoth, Schlock Mercenary

     Wait. . . Ebby, if Schlock goes out make sure he's carrying something besides those two plasma cannons.

3. other than; except for; instead of

   I don't want to go anywhere besides India.

   • August 3, 2008 - Ebinoth to Captain Tagon, Shlock Mercenary

     When you say "besides," do you mean "in addition to," or "instead of?" Because one of those is a really hard sell.

Translations

in addition to

Bulgarian: освен това (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 除了...以外 (cmn) (chúle...yǐwài) Czech: kromě (cs) Dutch: naast (nl) Finnish: lisäksi (fi) French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr),du reste (fr), German: außer (de) Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos), (colloquial dative) συν τοις άλλοις (el) (syn tois állois), συνάμα (el) (synáma)

Japanese: ...のほかに (ja) (-no hoka-ni), ...に加えて (ja) (-ni kuwaete) Polish: oprócz, poza Portuguese: além de Russian: кроме (ru) (króme), помимо (ru) (pomímo) Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd air (gd), a thuilleadh air (gd) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: aparte de (es)

other than; except for

Arabic: إلا (ar) ('íllā), باستثناء (ar) (bi-stithnaa') Bulgarian: освен това (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 除了...以外 (cmn) (chúle...yǐwài) Dutch: behalve (nl) Finnish: paitsi (fi), muu kuin (fi) French: excepté (fr), sauf (fr) German: außer (de)

Greek: πέραν (el) (péran) Japanese: ...を除いて (ja) (...-o nozoite), ...以外は (ja) (...いがいは, ...igai-wa) Portuguese: além de, a não ser, exceto Russian: кроме (ru) (króme), исключая (ru) (isključája), за исключением (ru) (za isključénijem) Spanish: excepto (es), salvo (es) West Frisian: njonken (fy)

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Portuguese: além de (1), exceto para (2)

Adverb

besides (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) also; in addition
2. (conjunctive) moreover; furthermore
3. (conjunctive) otherwise; else

See also

on top of that

Translations

also; in addition

Bulgarian: също (bg), в допълнение (bg) Dutch: behalve (nl) Esperanto: aldone, krome, plue Finnish: lisäksi (fi) French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr),du reste (fr) German: außerdem (de)

Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos) Haitian Creole: dayè Polish: poza tym Portuguese: além disso, fora isso, ademais Russian: кроме того (ru) (króme tovó) Spanish: además (es), aparte (es)

moreover; furthermore

Arabic: علاوة على ذلك (ar) (3ilaawa 3ála dhaalika) Bulgarian: освен това (bg) Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 並且 (cmn), 并且 (cmn) (bìngqiě), 而且 (cmn) (érqiě), 還有 (cmn), 还有 (cmn) (háiyǒu), 況且 (cmn), 况且 (cmn) (kuàngqiě) Esperanto: cetere, krome, plue Finnish: lisäksi (fi), sitä paitsi (fi) French:de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr),du reste (fr)

German: außerdem (de) Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos), επίσης (el) (epísis) Haitian Creole: dayè Italian: inoltre (it) Japanese: さらに (ja) (sara-ni), その上に (ja) (そのうえに, sono ue-ni), なお (ja) (nao) Portuguese: além disso, fora isso Russian: более того (ru) (bóleje tovó), сверх того (ru) (sverx tovó) Spanish: además (es)

otherwise; else

Bulgarian: освен (bg) Finnish: muuten (fi)

Greek: αλλοιώς (el) (alloiós), διαφορετικά (el) (diaforetiká) Russian: кроме того (ru) (króme tovó) French: sinon (fr)

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Italian: inoltre

Usage notes

Not to be confused with

• beside