Meanings
nounside dish (plural side dishes)
plural side dishes · alternative sidedish
- A serving of food meant as an accompanying dish.First known use 1702
She has mashed potatoes as a side dish every day for lunch.
Synonyms: side, side order · Antonyms: main dish
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course
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Translations
Ancient Greek παροψίς
- παροψίς (paropsís)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Bulgarian гарнитура
- гарнитура (garnitura)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Catalan guarnició
- guarnicióserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Chinese Cantonese 配菜
- 配菜 (pui³ coi³)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Chinese Mandarin 配菜, 小菜
- 配菜 (pèicài)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- 小菜 (xiǎocài)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- 副菜 (fùcài)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- 副餐 (fùcān)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- 配餐 (pèicān)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Czech příloha
- přílohaserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Esperanto flankplado, almanĝaĵo
- flankpladoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- almanĝaĵoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Finnish lisuke
- lisukeserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
French accompagnement, garniture
- accompagnementserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- garnitureserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
German Beilage, Beigabe
- Beilageserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- Beigabeserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Hebrew תוספת
- תוספתserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Hungarian köret, körítés
- köretserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- körítésserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Indonesian lauk
- laukserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Irish fomhias
- fomhiasserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Italian contorno
- contornoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Japanese 惣菜, 副食
- 惣菜 (sōzai)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- 副食 (fukushoku)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Korean 반찬, 안주
- 반찬 (banchan)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- 안주 (anju)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Latvian garnīrs
- garnīrsserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Lithuanian garnyras
- garnyrasserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Malay lauk
- laukserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Persian مخلفات
- مخلفات (moxalafât)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Polish dodatek do dania głównego
- dodatek do dania głównegoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Portuguese acompanhamento, guarnição
- acompanhamentoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- guarniçãoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Russian гарни́р
- гарни́р (garnír)serving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Spanish agregado, guarnición
- agregadoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- guarniciónserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- acompañamientoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- acompañanteserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
- contornoserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Tagalog ulam
- ulamserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Turkish garnitür
- garnitürserving of food meant as an accompanying dish
Cite this entry
APA
side dish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side%20dish
MLA
“side dish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side%20dish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “side dish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side%20dish.
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