besides

English

Etymology

beside +‎ -s See -s (Etymology 3)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈsaɪdz/, /biˈsaɪdz/

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Preposition

besides

1. (obsolete) Beside.
2. In addition, in addition to.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • August 3, 2008 - Schlock Mercenary

     Captain Tagon: Wait. … Ebby, if Schlock goes out make sure he's carrying something besides those two plasma cannons.
     Ebinoth: When you say "besides," do you mean "in addition to," or "instead of"? Because one of those is a really hard sell.

3. Other than; except for; instead of.

   I don't want to go anywhere besides India.

   • August 3, 2008 - Schlock Mercenary

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

• Belarusian: апрача (aprača)
• Bulgarian: освен това (osvèn tovà)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

• Czech: kromě (cs)
• Dutch: naast (nl)
• Esperanto: krom, aldone al
• 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),
• Georgian: დამატებით (damaṭebit), ამას გარდა (amas garda), გარდა ამისა (garda amisa)
• German: außer (de)
• Greek: εκτός (el) (ektós)
• Italian: oltre a

• Japanese: ...のほかに (-no hoka-ni), ...に加えて (-ni kuwaete)
• Polish: oprócz (pl), poza (pl)
• Portuguese: além de (pt)
• Russian: кро́ме (ru) (króme), поми́мо (ru) (pomímo)
• Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd air, a thuilleadh air
• Serbo-Croatian: pored (sh), osim (sh), uz (sh)
• Slovak: okrem
• Slovene: póleg
• Spanish: aparte de
• Swahili: aidha
• Turkish: dışında (tr) pl
• Ukrainian: крім (krim), крім того́ (krim tohó)
• Venetian: apèđe (vec)

other than; except for

• Arabic: إِلَّا‏‎ (ʾillā), بِاسْتِثْناء‏‎ (bi-stiṯnāʾ)
• Armenian: բացի (hy) (bacʿi)
• Bulgarian: освен (bg) (osvèn)
• Burmese: အပြင် (my) (a.prang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

• Dutch: behalve (nl)
• Esperanto: krom, escepte de
• Finnish: paitsi (fi), muu kuin
• French: excepté (fr), sauf (fr)
• Georgian: გარეშე (gareše)
• German: außer (de)
• Greek: εκτός (el) (ektós), πλην (el) (plin)

  Ancient: πλήν (plḗn) (+ genitive), νόσφι (nósphi) (+ genitive), ἄνευ (áneu) (+ genitive), ἔξω (éxō) (+ genitive), ἐκτός (ektós) (+ genitive), ἔμπλην (émplēn), δίχα (díkha), παρέκ (parék)

• Irish: seachas
• Italian: ad eccezione di
• Japanese: ...を除いて (...-o nozoite), ...以外は (ja) (...いがいは, ...igai-wa)
• Maori: hāunga
• Persian: بجز‏‎ (fa) (bejoz), جز‏‎ (fa) (joz)
• Portuguese: além de (pt), a não ser (pt), exceto (pt)
• Russian: кро́ме (ru) (króme), исключа́я (ru) (isključája), за исключе́нием (ru) (za isključénijem)
• Serbo-Croatian: osim (sh)
• Slovene: rázen (sl)
• Spanish: excepto (es), salvo (es)
• Venetian: a parte
• West Frisian: njonken

Adverb

besides (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) also; in addition
   • 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:

     In the end, Chelsea's organisation and discipline was rewarded but Di Matteo knows they will have to produce the same - and more besides - in the Nou Camp to confirm a meeting with either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final in Munich next month.

2. (conjunctive) moreover; furthermore
3. (conjunctive) otherwise; else
4. (obsolete) On one side.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (moreover, furthermore): du reste

See also

• on top of that

Translations

also; in addition

• Bulgarian: също (bg) (sǎšto), в допълнение (v dopǎlnenie)
• Catalan: a més
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 還有 (zh), 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 並且 (zh), 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě)

• Dutch: bovendien (nl), daarenboven (nl), daarbij (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), weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus (de)
• Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos)

• Haitian Creole: dayè
• Hungarian: ezenkívül (hu), ezenfelül (hu)
• Japanese: それに (ja) (sore ni), ほかに (hoka ni)
• Latin: alioqui
• Polish: poza tym (pl)
• Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso, ademais (pt)
• Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó), к тому́ же (k tomú že)
• Spanish: además (es), aparte (es)
• Telugu: పైగా (te) (paigā)
• Ukrainian: крім того́ (krim tohó)

moreover; furthermore

• Arabic: عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ‏‎ (ʿilāwa ʿalā ḏālika)
• Bulgarian: освен това (osven tova)
• Catalan: a més a més
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並且 (zh), 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有 (zh), 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且 (zh), 况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)

• Dutch: daarnaast (nl), bovendien (nl), voorts (nl)
• Esperanto: cetere (eo), 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), συν τοις άλλοις (el) (syn tois állois)
• Haitian Creole: dayè
• Italian: inoltre (it)
• Japanese: さらに (ja) (sara-ni), その上に (そのうえに, sono ue-ni), なお (nao)
• Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso
• Russian: бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó), сверх того́ (sverx tovó)
• Spanish: además (es)
• Telugu: పైగా (te) (paigā)

otherwise; else

• Bulgarian: освен (bg) (osven)
• Catalan: d'altra banda
• Dutch: behalve dat, daarnaast (nl), daarbuiten (nl)
• Finnish: muuten (fi)

• French: sinon (fr)
• Greek: άλλωστε (el) (álloste), εξάλλου (el) (exállou)
• Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó)
• Spanish: de lo contrario, si no

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} inoltre (it)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with

• beside