different between offside vs offsite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?sa?d/

Adjective

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

1. (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
2. (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk, e.g. an offside diner (restaurant.)
3. (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
4. 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 (perhaps erroneously) used by some in American football.

Translations

Noun

offside (plural offsides)

1. (sports) An offside play.
2. (Britain, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.

3. The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
4. (Britain, of a canal) The side opposite the towpath.

Antonyms

• (road vehicle): nearside

Descendants

• ? Czech: ofsajd
• ? Macedonian: ?????? (ofsajd)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ?fs?jd, ????????

Translations

See also

• off side
• off-side rule
• offside trap

Anagrams

• die-offs, dieoffs, dies off

Spanish

Etymology

From English offside.

Noun

offside m (plural offsides)

1. an offside position

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English offside.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?sajd/

Noun

offside c

1. (sports) offside

Declension

Adverb

offside

1. (sports) offside

English

Etymology

off- +? site

Adjective

offsite (not comparable)

1. Away from a main location; in a place not owned by a particular organisation.

Anagrams

• toffies