beachside
/ˈbit͡ʃˌsaɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "beachside property"
- "Very beachside. His mother always had a flair for interior design."
- "If you'd rather be beachside than poolside, scuba, surfing and fishing are all easily arranged from here."
- "Among its bungalows, the cheapest are simple wooden affairs well off the beach, while the priciest are beachside, a/c and cottage-like."
- "Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day."
- "The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English beachside From beach + side.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbit͡ʃˌsaɪd/