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.

   • 2012 18 April, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, BBC Sport:

     n 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.

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

• Bulgarian: освен това (osvèn tovà)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

• Czech: kromě (cs)
• Dutch: naast (nl)
• Esperanto: 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),
• German: außer (de)
• Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos), (colloquial dative) συν τοις άλλοις (el) (syn tois állois), συνάμα (el) (synáma)

• 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: кроме (ru) (króme), помимо (ru) (pomímo)
• Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd air, a thuilleadh air
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: okrem
• Slovene: póleg
• Spanish: aparte de
• Venetian: apèđe (vec)

other than; except for

• Arabic: إلا ('íllā), باستثناء (bi-stithnaa')
• Bulgarian: освен (bg) (osvèn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

• Dutch: behalve (nl)
• Esperanto: krom (eo)
• Finnish: paitsi (fi), muu kuin
• French: excepté (fr), sauf (fr)
• German: außer (de)
• Greek: πέραν (el) (péran)
• 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, exceto (pt)
• Russian: кроме (ru) (króme), исключая (isključája), за исключением (ru) (za isključénijem)
• Slovene: rázen
• Spanish: excepto (es), salvo (es)
• Venetian: a parte
• West Frisian: njonken

Adverb

besides (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) also; in addition
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, 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 並且 (zh), 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě)

• 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), weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus
• Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos)
• Haitian Creole: dayè
• Hungarian: ezenkívül (hu), ezenfelül (hu)
• Japanese: それに (sore ni), ほかに (hoka ni)
• Polish: poza tym (pl)
• Portuguese: além disso, fora isso, ademais (pt)
• Russian: кроме того (ru) (króme tovó), к тому же (k tomú že)
• Spanish: además (es), aparte (es)

moreover; furthermore

• Arabic: علاوة على ذلك (3ilaawa 3ála dhaalika)
• 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, 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且, 况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)

• Esperanto: cetere (eo), krome, plue
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi), sitä paitsi
• 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 (sara-ni), その上に (そのうえに, sono ue-ni), なお (nao)
• Portuguese: além disso, fora isso
• Russian: более того (bóleje tovó), сверх того (sverx tovó)
• Spanish: además (es)

otherwise; else

• Bulgarian: освен (bg) (osven)
• Catalan: d'altra banda
• Finnish: muuten (fi)
• French: sinon (fr)

• Greek: αλλοιώς (el) (alloiós), διαφορετικά (el) (diaforetiká)
• Russian: кроме того (ru) (króme tovó)
• Spanish: de lo contrario, si no

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: inoltre (it)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with

• beside