side

side

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English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sīd, IPA(key): /saɪd/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /səɪd/
  • Hyphenation: side
  • Rhymes: -aɪd
  • Homophone: sighed (except Scotland)

Etymology 1

From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish and Norwegian side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).

The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides.

Noun

side (countable and uncountable, plural sides)

  1. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
  2. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
  3. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
  4. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
  6. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
    Meronyms: flank, loin; latus, lumbus
    • 2006, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured (Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, p. 234:
      Roll the patient onto the left side so that head, shoulders, and torso move at the same time without twisting.
  7. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
  8. One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
  9. One set of competitors in a game.
  10. (UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
  11. A group of morris dancers who perform together.
  12. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      "Creating artificial rain over the Yellow Sea would help the Chinese side too," the spokesman said Kim told the meeting.
  13. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
  14. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
  15. (British, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
  16. (US, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
  17. A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
  18. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
  19. (slang, dated, uncountable) An unjustified air of self-importance; a conceited attitude.
  20. (drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
  21. (LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
  22. (mathematics, obsolete) A root.
Synonyms
  • (bounding straight edge of an object): edge
  • (flat surface of an object): face
  • (left or right half): half
  • (surface of a sheet of paper): page
  • (region in a specified position with respect to something):
  • (one possible aspect of a concept):
  • (set of opponents in a game): team
  • (group having a particular allegiance in a war):
  • (television channel): channel, station (US)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • English terms suffixed with -side
Translations

Adjective

side (comparative more side, superlative most side)

  1. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
  2. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
    a side issue; a side view or remark
Translations

Verb

side (third-person singular simple present sides, present participle siding, simple past and past participle sided)

  1. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
  2. To lean on one side.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
    • 1660-1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon
      He had ſure read more , and carried more about him , in his excellent Memory , than any Man I ever knew , my Lord Falkland only excepted , who I think ſided him
  5. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
  6. (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
  7. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
Synonyms
  • (ally oneself):
  • take side
Derived terms
  • side against
  • side with
  • siding
Translations
See also
  • ally
  • alliance
  • join in

Etymology 2

From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).

Adjective

side (comparative more side, superlative most side)

  1. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
  2. (Scotland) Far; distant.
Derived terms
  • sidth

Adverb

side (comparative more side, superlative most side)

  1. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.

Verb

side (third-person singular simple present sides, present participle siding, simple past and past participle sided)

  1. To clear, tidy or sort.

References

Anagrams

  • Edis, Desi, eids, deis, ESDI, DESI, Ides, IEDs, SEID, EIDs, sied, IDEs, ides, Eids, Dies, Dise, dies, desi

Danish

Alternative forms

  • s. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Danish sithæ, from Old Norse síða.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːdə/, [ˈs̺iːð̩˕˗ˠ]
  • Rhymes: -iːdə

Noun

side c (singular definite siden, plural indefinite sider)

  1. side; a bounding straight edge or surface
  2. side; a region in a specified position with respect to something.
  3. viewpoint an opinion or attitude
  4. side; one group of competitors in a game or a war.
  5. page; one surface of a sheet of paper.
  6. site; a website or internet site

Declension

Further reading

  • “side” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “side” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sidek. Equivalent to siduma +‎ -e.

Noun

side (genitive sideme, partitive sidet)

  1. bond, binding
  2. bandage
  3. relationship, tie

Inflection

Compounds

  • kaelaside

Noun

side (genitive side, partitive sidet)

  1. communication (especially one achieved through technology)
  2. signal (especially in radio)
  3. communications (as a field)
  4. (colloquial) post office

Inflection

Compounds

  • otseside

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sidek. Equivalent to sitoa (“to bind, tie”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsideˣ/, [ˈs̠ide̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation(key): si‧de

Noun

side

  1. bandage (medical binding or strip of cloth used as a blindfold)
  2. bond (that which binds, a band)
  3. bond (emotional link, connection or union)
  4. sanitary towel, sanitary napkin
    Synonyms: terveysside, kuukautisside
  5. (anatomy) ligament
    Synonym: ligamentti

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • sidos

Further reading

  • “side”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • desi, desi-

Latin

Verb

sīde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of sīdō

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish saiget, from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /said/

Noun

side f (genitive singular sidey, plural sideyn)

  1. arrow, bolt, shaft

Related terms

  • fleit
  • sideyr (“archer”)

Mutation

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saiget”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːd(ə)/

Etymology 1

From Old English sīde.

Alternative forms

  • zide (Kent)

Noun

side

  1. side
Descendants
  • English: side
  • Scots: side, syde
  • Yola: zeide

References

  • “sīde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

side

  1. Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síd, from Proto-Celtic *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies); peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, from *sed- (“to sit”).

Noun

side m

  1. fairy hill or mound
  2. peace

Derived terms

  • áes side (“people of the fairy mounds, supernatural beings, fairies”)

Descendants

  • Irish: sí, síth
  • Manx: shee
  • Scottish Gaelic: sìth, sìdh

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 síd, síth ‘fairy mound’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 síd, síth ‘peace’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse síða.

Noun

side f or m (definite singular sida or siden, indefinite plural sider, definite plural sidene)

  1. a page (e.g. in a book)
  2. side
    på høyre side ― on the right-hand side
  3. (of a case) aspect
  4. (on animal) flank

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²siː(d)ə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse síða. Akin to English side.

Noun

side f (definite singular sida, indefinite plural sider, definite plural sidene)

  1. a page (e.g. in a book)
  2. a side (various, though not all senses)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

side

  1. definite singular of sid
  2. plural of sid

References

  • “side” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • deis, desi-, dise, seid

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiː.de/

Etymology 1

From the adjective sīd.

Adverb

sīde

  2. widely

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old High German sīta.

Noun

sīde f

  2. side
Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

Descendants
  • Middle English: side, zide (Kent)
    • English: side
    • Scots: side, syde
    • Yola: zeide

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Late Latin sēta, whence also Old High German sīda (“silk”).

Noun

sīde f (nominative plural sīdan)

  2. silk
Synonyms
  • seolc

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲiðʲe/

Pronoun

side

  1. inflection of suide:
    1. nominative/accusative singular masculine unstressed
    2. genitive singular feminine unstressed

Mutation

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Sahu sidete (“sail, to sail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.de/

Noun

side

  1. a sail

Verb

side

  1. (intransitive) to sail

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • sidi

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sīde, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsidə/

Noun

side c (plural siden, diminutive sydsje)

  1. side
  2. page

Derived terms

  • webside

Further reading

  • “side (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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