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)

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!
- 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

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 n
Slovene: primorje n
Spanish: costa (es) f, litoral (es) m
Thai: ชายหาด (th) (chaai-hàat), หาด (th) (hàat), ชาย ทะเล (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)

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, litoral (es)
Ukrainian: примо́рський (prymórsʹkyj)

References

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

Anagrams

dis-ease, disease

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