beside

English

From Middle English beside, besiden (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan (“by the side; on the side”), equivalent to be- +‎ side. Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede, German beiseite.

beside

Next to; at the side of.
A small table beside the bed
Not relevant to.
That is beside the point
Besides; in addition to.
- Alexander Pope:
  To all beside, as much an empty shade, / An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.

next to

Lao: please add this translation if you can
Maore Comorian: ɓavuni mwa (bavuni mwa)
Navajo: bíighahgi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ved (no), ved siden av (no)

Nynorsk: ved, attmed
Polish: obok (pl), przy (pl)
Portuguese: ao lado de, do lado de
Romanian: lângă (ro), alături (ro)
Russian: ря́дом с (ru) (rjádom s) (+ instrumental case), о́коло (ru) (ókolo) (+ genitive case), во́зле (ru) (vózle) (+ genitive case)
Scottish Gaelic: ri taobh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кра̑ј, уз, по̏ред

Roman: krȁj (sh), uz (sh), pȍred (sh)
Slovak: vedľa, pri, popri
Spanish: al lado de, cabe (es)
Swedish: intill (sv), bredvid (sv)
Thai: ข้าง (th) (kâang), ข้างเคียง (kâang kiang)
Ukrainian: по́ряд (pórjad), по́руч (póruč)
Waray-Waray: takin, sapit
West Frisian: njonken

not relevant to

beside (not comparable)

otherwise; else
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias:
  Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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