offside

See also: off side

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

1. (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
2. (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk, e.g. an offside diner (restaurant.)
3. (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
4. To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.

Usage notes

• Precise usage varies between sports; offside is used more in association football, while offsides is (perhaps erroneously) used by some in American football.

Translations

in an illegal position ahead of the ball

• Catalan: fora de joc (ca)
• Czech: ofsajdový m
• Finnish: paitsiossa (fi)
• French: hors-jeu (fr)
• German: im Abseits, abseits (de)
• Hungarian: les (hu)
• Icelandic: rangstæður
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• Malay: ofsaid
• Maori: tū hapa
• Polish: na spalonym
• Portuguese: impedido (pt)
• Russian: офсайд (ru) m (ofsajd), положе́ние вне игры n (položénije vne igry)
• Spanish: fuera de juego (es) m
• Turkish: ofsayt (tr)

to the side of a road

• Finnish: tienvarsi-, tienvieri-
• German: am Straßenrand, Straßenrand-
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• Portuguese: junto à estrada

Noun

offside (plural offsides)

1. (sports) An offside play.
2. (British) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.

   My offside wing mirror got snapped off.

3. (British, of a canal) The side opposite the towpath.

Antonyms

• (road vehicle): nearside

Translations

offside play

• Arabic: تَسَلُّل m (tasallul)
• Catalan: fora de joc (ca) f
• Czech: ofsajd m, postavení mimo hru n
• Danish: offside c
• Dutch: buitenspel (nl)
• Finnish: paitsio (fi)
• French: hors-jeu (fr) m
• German: Abseits (de) n
• Icelandic: rangstaða f
• Italian: fuorigioco (it)
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• Luxembourgish: Abseits m
• Malay: ofsaid
• Polish: spalony (pl) m
• Portuguese: impedimento (pt) m
• Russian: положе́ние вне игры (položénije vne igry)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍfsājd (sh) m
• Spanish: fuera de juego (es) m
• Swedish: offside (sv) c
• Turkish: ofsayt (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Finnish: matkustajan puoli, ojan puoli (the side where driver sits is kuljettajan puoli)
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See also

• off side
• off-side rule
• offside trap

Anagrams

• die-offs, dieoffs, dies off

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Etymology

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Noun

offside m (plural offsides)

1. An offside position