countryside
English
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Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta
Middle English contre
English country
English countryside
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn.tɹɪjˌsɑjd/
Audio (Standard Southern British): (file)
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈkʊn.tɹiˌsaɪd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn.tɾeˌsʌɪd/, /-tɾɪ-/, /-tɾi-/
- (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn.tɾiˌsaɪd/
- (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐn.tɹiˌsɑed/
- Hyphenation: coun‧try‧side
Noun
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countryside (countable and uncountable, plural countrysides)
- An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
- 1968, Lucian W. Pye, “The Political Process in Action: The Communes”, in The Spirit of Chinese Politics: A Psychocultural Study of the Authority Crisis in Political Development[1], M.I.T. Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 203:
- From November 28 to December 8, 1958, the CCP Central Committee held its sixth plenum in Wuhan, Hopei[sic – meaning Hupei], and at the end of the session it issued a revealing resolution that declared there had been some misconception about the system and that party committees throughout the countryside should make full use of the five months from December 1958 to April 1959 to tidy up the communes.
- 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian[2], archived from the original on 6 January 2026:
- When rewilding plans were first revealed, critics of Scotland’s concentrated land ownership – half of the Scottish countryside is owned by around 450 people – expressed fears that Glenfeshie might become a reservation for the rich, but these have been partially allayed by letting ordinary hikers walk across the glens for free.
- 2026 June, John Craven, “This unsung, unpaid army of workers is vital for rural Britain”, in BBC Countryfile, number 243, page 21:
- From toads to towpaths, the unsung and committed efforts of our rural volunteers play a very large role in keeping our countryside looking how we all want it to look. Let's salute them.
- Such part of a larger area.
- We live in the Swedish countryside.
- A rural landscape.
Usage notes
[edit]- Typically used with the definite article.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]area outside of towns and cities, or such part of a larger area
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a rural landscape
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₁- (long)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe
- English terms suffixed with -side
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm
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