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From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side.
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.
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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), 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
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Adjective
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seaside (not comparable)
- Related to a seaside.
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