besides

English

Etymology

beside +‎ -s See -s (Etymology 3)

Pronunciation

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Preposition

besides

(obsolete) beside
in addition, in addition to
- 2012 18 April, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, BBC Sport:
  n the end, Chelsea's organisation and discipline was rewarded but Di Matteo knows they will have to produce the same - and more besides - in the Nou Camp to confirm a meeting with either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final in Munich next month.
- August 3, 2008 - Schlock Mercenary
  Captain Tagon: Wait. . . Ebby, if Schlock goes out make sure he's carrying something besides those two plasma cannons.
  Ebinoth: When you say "besides," do you mean "in addition to," or "instead of"? Because one of those is a really hard sell.
other than; except for; instead of
I don't want to go anywhere besides India.
- August 3, 2008 - Schlock Mercenary
  Captain Tagon: Wait. . . Ebby, if Schlock goes out make sure he's carrying something besides those two plasma cannons.
  Ebinoth: When you say "besides," do you mean "in addition to," or "instead of"? Because one of those is a really hard sell.

Translations

in addition to

Bulgarian: освен това (bg) (osvèn tovà)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 除了...以外 (cmn) (chúle...yǐwài)
Czech: kromě (cs)
Dutch: naast (nl)
Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr),du reste (fr),
German: außer (de)
Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos), (colloquial dative) συν τοις άλλοις (el) (syn tois állois), συνάμα (el) (synáma)

Italian: oltre a (it)
Japanese: ...のほかに (ja) (-no hoka-ni), ...に加えて (ja) (-ni kuwaete)
Polish: oprócz, poza
Portuguese: além de
Russian: кроме (ru) (króme), помимо (ru) (pomímo)
Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd air (gd), a thuilleadh air (gd)
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: póleg (sl)
Spanish: aparte de (es)

other than; except for

Arabic: إلا (ar) ('íllā), باستثناء (ar) (bi-stithnaa')
Bulgarian: освен (bg) (osvèn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 除了...以外 (cmn) (chúle...yǐwài)
Dutch: behalve (nl)
Finnish: paitsi (fi), muu kuin (fi)
French: excepté (fr), sauf (fr)
German: außer (de)
Greek: πέραν (el) (péran)

Italian: ad eccezione di (it)
Japanese: ...を除いて (ja) (...-o nozoite), ...以外は (ja) (...いがいは, ...igai-wa)
Persian: بجز (fa) (bejoz), جز (fa) (joz)
Portuguese: além de, a não ser, exceto
Russian: кроме (ru) (króme), исключая (ru) (isključája), за исключением (ru) (za isključénijem)
Slovene: rázen (sl)
Spanish: excepto (es), salvo (es)
West Frisian: njonken (fy)

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Portuguese: além de (1), exceto para (2)

Adverb

besides (not comparable)

(conjunctive) also; in addition
(conjunctive) moreover; furthermore
(conjunctive) otherwise; else

Synonyms

(moreover, furthermore): du reste

Translations

also; in addition

Bulgarian: също (bg) (sǎšto), в допълнение (bg) (v dopǎlnenie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 還有 (cmn), 还有 (cmn) (háiyǒu), 並且 (cmn), 并且 (cmn) (bìngqiě)
Dutch: behalve (nl)
Esperanto: aldone (eo), krome (eo), plue (eo)
Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr)

German: außerdem (de), weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus (de)
Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos)
Haitian Creole: dayè
Japanese: それに (ja) (sore ni), ほかに (ja) (hoka ni)
Polish: poza tym (pl)
Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso (pt), ademais (pt)
Russian: кроме того (ru) (króme tovó), к тому же (ru) (k tomú že)
Spanish: además (es), aparte (es)

moreover; furthermore

Arabic: علاوة على ذلك (ar) (3ilaawa 3ála dhaalika)
Bulgarian: освен това (bg) (osven tova)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 並且 (cmn), 并且 (cmn) (bìngqiě), 而且 (cmn) (érqiě), 還有 (cmn), 还有 (cmn) (háiyǒu), 況且 (cmn), 况且 (cmn) (kuàngqiě)
Esperanto: cetere (eo), krome (eo), plue (eo)
Finnish: lisäksi (fi), sitä paitsi (fi)
French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr)

German: außerdem (de)
Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos), επίσης (el) (epísis)
Haitian Creole: dayè
Italian: inoltre (it)
Japanese: さらに (ja) (sara-ni), その上に (ja) (そのうえに, sono ue-ni), なお (ja) (nao)
Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso (pt)
Russian: более того (ru) (bóleje tovó), сверх того (ru) (sverx tovó)
Spanish: además (es)