seaside

See also: Seaside

English

Etymology

From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea +‎ side.

Noun

seaside (plural seasides)

1. (chiefly UK) The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs

   This summer, I'm going to the seaside at Weymouth - I'm very excited about it!

   • 1907, John A. Glover-Kind (lyrics and music), “I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside”:

     I do like to be beside the seaside!
     Oh, I do like to be beside the sea!
     I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom,
     While the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!

   • 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 128:

     James never cared much for the sea-side, but developed a passionate love for the Westmoreland mountains, getting to know most of them as an energetic fell walker, preferring this to rock climbing.

   • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:

     The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.

Derived terms

• seaside fescue
• seaside grape
• seaside plantain
• seaside plum
• seaside resort
• seaside rock
• seaside sparrow

 

Translations

the area by and around the sea

• Arabic: سَاحِل (ar) m (sāḥil), شَاطِئ (ar) m (šāṭiʔ)
• Belarusian: узбярэ́жжа n (uzbjaréžža), прыбярэ́жжа n (prybjaréžža), прымо́р'е n (prymórʺje)
• Bulgarian: крайбре́жие (bg) n (krajbréžie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海濱 / 海滨 (zh) (hǎibīn), 海邊 / 海边 (zh) (hǎibiān), 海岸 (zh) (hǎi'àn)

• Czech: pobřeží (cs) n
• Finnish: merenranta
• French: côte (fr) f, rivage (fr) m, littoral (fr) m
• Galician: beiramar f, mariña (gl) f
• German: Küste (de) f, Strand (de) m
• Japanese: 海辺 (ja) (うみべ, umibe), 海浜 (ja) (かいひん, kaihin), 海岸 (ja) (かいがん, kaigan)
• Korean: 해변(海邊) (ko) (haebyeon), 해안(海岸) (ko) (haean), 바닷가 (ko) (badatga)
• Latvian: jūrmala f
• Macedonian: приморје n (primorje), морски брег m (morski breg), крајбрежје n (krajbrežje)
• Maori: tātaki
• Polish: wybrzeże (pl) n
• Portuguese: litoral (pt) m
• Russian: (морско́е) побере́жье (ru) n (poberéžʹje), бе́рег мо́ря m (béreg mórja), взмо́рье (ru) n (vzmórʹje), примо́рье (ru) n (primórʹje)
• Slovak: pobrežie (sk) n
• Slovene: primorje n
• Spanish: costa (es) f, litoral (es) m
• Thai: ชายหาด (th) (chaai-hàat), หาด (th) (hàat), ชายทะเล (chaai tá-lee)
• Ukrainian: морське́ побере́жжя n (morsʹké poberéžžja), морське́ узбере́жжя n (morsʹké uzberéžžja), побере́жжя n (poberéžžja), узбере́жжя n (uzberéžžja), примо́р'я (uk) n (prymórʺja), надмо́р'я n (nadmórʺja)
• Vietnamese: bờ biển
• Yoruba: etíkun

Adjective

seaside (not comparable)

1. Related to a seaside.

Usage notes

• This adjective is only used attributively.

Translations

related to a seaside

• Belarusian: прымо́рскі (prymórski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: přímořský (cs)
• Finnish: merenranta-
• French: littoral (fr) m
• Polish: nadmorski (pl)
• Portuguese: litoral (pt), litorâneo
• Russian: примо́рский (ru) (primórskij)
• Slovak: prímorský
• Spanish: costero (es), litoral (es)
• Ukrainian: примо́рський (prymórsʹkyj)

See also

• seaside on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• QCA curriculum
• “seaside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• dis-ease, disease