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, I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside (song)
  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

seaside resort

Translations

the area by and around the sea

Arabic: سَاحِل‎ (ar) m (sāḥil), شَاطِئ‎ (ar) m (šāṭiʾ)
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), 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 (vi)
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