countryside

English

Etymology

From country +‎ -side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/

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• Hyphenation: coun‧try‧side

Noun

countryside (plural countrysides)

1. 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.

2. Such part of a larger area.

   We live in the Swedish countryside.

3. A rural landscape.

Usage notes

• Typically used with the definite article.

Translations

area outside of towns and cities, or such part of a larger area

• Arabic: رِيف‎ m (rīf)

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

• Belarusian: сяло́ n (sjaló), весь f (vjesʹ), вёска (be) f (vjóska)
• Bulgarian: се́лска ме́стност f (sélska méstnost), се́ло (bg) n (sélo)
• Catalan: camp (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農村／农村 (zh) (nóngcūn)

• Cornish: powdir m
• Czech: venkov (cs) m
• Dutch: platteland (nl) n, buitengebied (nl)
• Esperanto: kamparo
• Finnish: maaseutu (fi), maa (fi)
• French: campagne (fr) f, arrière-pays (fr) m
• 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)

• Hindi: देहात (hi) m (dehāt)
• Irish: tuath f, taobh tíre m, tír f
• Italian: campagna (it) f
• Japanese: 田舎 (ja) (いなか, inaka)
• Korean: 시골 (ko) (sigol)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لادێ‎ (ladê)

  Northern Kurdish: gundewar (ku)

• Latin: rūs (la) n
• Lü: ᦢᦱᧃᧉᦑᦳᧂᧈ (ḃaan²tung¹)
• Macedonian: се́лска ме́сност f (sélska mésnost), ка́тун m (kátun), прови́нција f (províncija), се́ло n (sélo)
• Mòcheno: vèlt n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landsbygd m or f, provins m

• Old English: upland n
• Polish: wieś (pl) f
• Portuguese: roça (pt) f, interior (pt) m
• Russian: се́льская ме́стность f (sélʹskaja méstnostʹ), дере́вня (ru) f (derévnja), село́ (ru) n (seló)
• Scottish Gaelic: dùthaich f
• Slovak: vidiek m
• Spanish: campo (es) m, campaña (es) f, campiña (es) f, provincia (es) f
• Swahili: mashamba (sw)
• Swedish: landsbygd (sv)
• Tagalog: probinsiya
• Talysh: ди (di)
• Thai: ชนบท (th) (chon-ná-bòt)
• Turkish: kır (tr)
• Ukrainian: село́ (uk) n (seló)
• Urdu: دیہات‎ m (dehāt)
• Vietnamese: miền quê, vùng quê, nông thôn (vi)
• Welsh: cefn gwlad (cy) m

a rural landscape

• Bulgarian: се́лски пейза́ж m (sélski pejzáž)
• Catalan: camp (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農村／农村 (zh) (nóngcūn), 田園／田园 (zh) (tiányuán)

• Dutch: platteland (nl) n
• Finnish: maalaismaisema (fi), maaseutumaisema
• French: campagne (fr) f
• Galician: campo (gl) m, agro m
• Greek: ύπαιθρος (el) f (ýpaithros), εξοχή (el) f (exochí)

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

• Italian: campagna (it) f
• Korean: 시골 (ko) (sigol)
• Latin: rūs (la) n
• Macedonian: се́лски пејза́ж m (sélski pejzáž)
• Mongolian: хөдөө (mn) (xödöö)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: land (no) n, landet (no) n (usually definite)

• Polish: krajobraz wiejski m
• Portuguese: campo (pt) m, campanha (pt) f
• Romanian: sat (ro) n
• Russian: се́льский пейза́ж m (sélʹskij pejzáž), 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)

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