countryside

English

Etymology

country +‎ -side

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŭnʹtri-sīd', IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/

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• Hyphenation: coun‧try‧side

Noun

countryside (plural countrysides) (typically used with the definite article)

1. A rural area, or the rural part of a larger area, as in "the Swedish countryside."

   We live in the countryside.

2. A rural landscape.

Translations

a rural landscape

• Bulgarian: селски пейзаж m (selski pejzaž)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農村 (zh), 农村 (zh) (nóngcūn)

• Dutch: platteland (nl) n
• Finnish: maalaismaisema
• French: campagne (fr) f
• Greek: ύπαιθρος (el) f (ýpaithros), εξοχή (el) f (exochí)

  Ancient: ὕπαιθρος f (húpaithros), ὕπαιθρον n (húpaithron)

• Italian: campagna (it) f
• Korean: 시골 (ko) (sigol)
• Mongolian: хөдөө (mn) (hödöö)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: land (no) n (usually definite singular only («landet»))

• Portuguese: campo (pt) m, campanha (pt) f
• Romanian: sat (ro) n
• Russian: се́льский (sélʹskij) пейза́ж (pejzáž) (sélʹskij pejzáž) m, дере́вня (ru) f (derévnja), село́ (ru) n (seló)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich f
• Spanish: campo (es) m
• Swedish: landsbygd (sv) c, land (sv) n, glesbygd (sv) c
• Tagalog: probinsiya
• Talysh: ди (di)
• Turkish: kır (tr)

a rural area, or the rural part of a larger area

• Arabic: رِيف‏‎ m (rīf)

  Egyptian Arabic: ريف‏‎ m (rīf), أرياف‏‎ f pl (ʾaryaaf)

• Bulgarian: селски район m (selski rajon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農村 (zh), 农村 (zh) (nóngcūn)

• Dutch: platteland (nl) n
• Esperanto: kamparo
• Finnish: maaseutu (fi), maa (fi)
• French: campagne (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Land (de) n
• Greek: ύπαιθρος (el) f (ýpaithros), εξοχή (el) f (exochí)

  Ancient: ὕπαιθρος f (húpaithros), ὕπαιθρον n (húpaithron)

• Italian: campagna (it) f
• Japanese: 田舎 (ja) (いなか, inaka)

• Korean: 시골 (ko) (sigol)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: لادێ‏‎ (ladê)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landsbygd m, f, provins m

• Portuguese: roça (pt) f, interior (pt) m
• Russian: сельская (selʹskaja) ме́стность (méstnostʹ) (sélʹskaja méstnostʹ) f, дере́вня (ru) f (derévnja), село́ (ru) n (seló)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich f
• Spanish: campo (es) m
• Swahili: mashamba (sw)
• Tagalog: probinsiya
• Talysh: ди (di)
• Turkish: kır (tr)
• Vietnamese: miền quê
• Welsh: cefn gwlad (cy) m