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Sida


Si′da

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a kind of plant.]
(Bot.)
A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Definition 2024


Sida

Sida

See also: sida, SIDA, sidá, siða, and síða

Translingual

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Sida f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sididae – certain cladoceran water fleas.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain flowering plants.

Hypernyms


Swedish

Abbreviation

Sida

  1. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (in Swedish: Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete)

Usage notes

  • It is quite common to write this abbreviation in all-caps, SIDA. That is however not the official version.

sida

sida

See also: Sida, SIDA, sidá, siða, and síða

English

Noun

sida (plural sidas)

  1. (botany) Any of the flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family.

French

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

sida m (plural sida)

  1. AIDS

Anagrams


Ilocano

Noun

sida

  1. fish

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

sida m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of side

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sida f

  1. definite singular of side

Novial

Verb

sida (past sidad, active participle sidant, passive participle sidat)

  1. to sit

Old High German

Etymology

Akin to Italian seta

Noun

sīda f

  1. silk

Descendants


Somali

Adjective

sida

  1. (like) this

Spanish

Noun

sida m (uncountable)

  1. abbreviation of of síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (AIDS)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish siþa, from Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːda/
  • Homophone: seeda

Noun

sida c

  1. side; a bounding straight edge or surface
    En kub har sex sidor
    A cube has six sides
  2. side; a region in a specified position with respect to something.
  3. side; one group of competitors in a game or a war.
  4. page; one surface of a sheet of paper.
  5. site; a website or internet site

Declension

Inflection of sida 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sida sidan sidor sidorna
Genitive sidas sidans sidors sidornas

See also

Verb

sida (present sidar, preterite sidade, supine sidat, imperative sida)

  1. (sports) to seed (a player into a competition), more commonly seeda
    Hon har sidats in i första startledet och tilldelats startnummer 21.
    She was seeded into the first line, starting as number 21.
  2. (colloquial) to side (with), to be allied with
    Det var inte så att britterna sidade med araberna
    It wasn't so that the Brits sided with the Arabs

Conjugation