Phrase guide

side dish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A serving of food meant as an accompanying dish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She has mashed potatoes as a side dish every day for lunch.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: side, side order

Antonyms: main dish

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: side order, entremets

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

Narrower terms: mushy peas, raita

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: խավարտ (xavart) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Central Bikol: isira — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Central Bikol: panira — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Bulgarian: гарнитура (garnitura) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Catalan: guarnició — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Cebuano: sud-an — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 配菜 (pui3 coi3) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 配菜 (pèicài) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小菜 (xiǎocài) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副菜 (fùcài) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副餐 (fùcān) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 配餐 (pèicān) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Czech: příloha — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Esperanto: flankplado — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Esperanto: almanĝaĵo — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Finnish: lisuke — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • French: accompagnement — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • French: garniture — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Georgian: გარნირი (garniri) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • German: Beilage — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • German: Beigabe — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Ancient Greek: παροψίς (paropsís) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Hebrew: תוספת — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Hungarian: köret — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Hungarian: körítés — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Ido: entreo — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Ido: entremeso — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Indonesian: lauk — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Irish: fomhias — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Italian: contorno — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Japanese: 惣菜 (sōzai) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Japanese: 副食 (fukushoku) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Javanese: iwak — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Javanese: ulam — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Javanese: lawuh — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Korean: 반찬 (banchan) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Korean: 안주 (anju) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Latvian: garnīrs — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Lithuanian: garnyras — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Macedonian: гарни́р (garnír) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Malay: lauk — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Persian: مخلفات (moxalafât) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭬𐭩𐭰 (āmiz) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Polish: dodatek do dania głównego — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Portuguese: acompanhamento — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Portuguese: guarnição — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Russian: гарни́р (garnír) — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Serbo-Croatian: prilog — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Serbo-Croatian: прилог — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Spanish: agregado — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Spanish: guarnición — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Spanish: acompañamiento — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Spanish: acompañante — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Spanish: contorno — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Sundanese: deungeun — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Tagalog: ulam — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Tausug: lamay — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Turkish: garnitür — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
  • Waray-Waray: sud-an — serving of food meant as an accompanying dish