offside

See also: off side

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From off- +‎ side. Compare German Abseite (“remote area, backside”), German abseits (“out of the way, apart, aside”, adverb), Dutch afzijdig (“neutral, impartial”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒfˈsaɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

  1. (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
  2. (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
    • 2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor‎[1], performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):
      [Verse 2:Kano]:On-sight, thought he was onside, innit. Saw them guys, no shots fired innit. If you ain't real then don't ride, innit. That postcode, that's offside, innit.
  3. (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
    an offside diner
  4. (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
  5. To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.

Usage notes

  • Precise usage varies between sports; offside is used more in association football, while offsides is used by some in American football.

Translations

Noun

offside (plural offsides)

  1. (sports) An offside play.
  2. (UK, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
    My offside wing mirror got snapped off.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 50:
      They put a stock of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order not to overload an animal of so little vigour.
  3. The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
  4. (UK) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “road vehicle”): nearside

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chinese:
    → Cantonese: 噏西 (ap1 sai1)
  • → Czech: ofsajd
  • → Greek: οφσάιντ (ofsáint)
  • → Japanese: オフサイド (ofusaido)
  • → Korean: 오프사이드 (opeusaideu)
  • → Luxembourgish: Abseits
  • → Macedonian: офсајд (ofsajd)
  • → Persian: آفساید (âfsâyd)
  • → Romanian: ofsaid
  • → Russian: офса́йд (ofsájd)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ȍfsājd, о̏фса̄јд
  • → Spanish: órsay
  • → Swedish: offside

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English offside.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɔ.fiˈsaj.d͡ʒi/ [ˌɔ.fiˈsaɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /ˌɔfˈsaj.d͡ʒi/ [ˌɔfˈsaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɔfˈsaj.dɨ/ [ˌɔfˈsaj.ðɨ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɔfˈsaj.dɨ/

    • Rhymes: -ajd͡ʒi, -ajdɨ

    Adjective

    offside (invariable)

    1. (soccer, obsolete) offside
      Synonyms: (Brazil) impedido, (Portugal) fora de jogo

    Noun

    offside m (plural offsides)

    1. (soccer, obsolete) offside
      Synonyms: (Brazil) impedimento, (Portugal) fora de jogo
      • 1940 February 28, “Venceu o team que jogou melhor [The team that played the best won]”, in O Globo Sportivo, volume III, number 80, Rio de Janeiro, section 11, page 7, column 3:
        Cassan, o center-forward que “barrou” Arrieta desde o primeiro jogo, passou a jogar avançado, quasi dentro do arco de Aymoré. Em consequencia dessa tactica, Cassan foi punido tres vezes consecutivas em off-side, pelo juiz Juca.
        [Fabio] Cassán, the center-forward that has “blocked” [Luis] Arrieta since the first game, began to play more forwardly, almost entering Aymoré [Moreira]'s penalty arch. As a consequence of this tactic, Cassán was punished three times in a row for being offside by the referee Juca [da Praia].

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English offside.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ofˈsaid/ [ofˈsai̯ð̞]
      • Rhymes: -aid

      Noun

      offside m (plural offsides)

      1. an offside position
        Synonyms: fuera de juego, órsay

      Usage notes

      According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English offside.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɔfˈsajd/

      Noun

      offside c

      1. (sports) offside

      Declension

      Declension of offside
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite offside offsides
      definite offsiden offsidens
      plural indefinite offsider offsiders
      definite offsiderna offsidernas

      Adverb

      offside

      1. (sports) offside
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