countrysides
- 1Plural of countryside.
The exhibition showcased the varied countrysides of northern Europe.
The novel moves between the countrysides of Ireland and New England.
Note
A plural that exists because countryside can be counted as well as treated as a mass. Counted, it names separate rural regions: Thomas Sowell's Economic Facts and Fallacies (2008) has people "scattered through the countrysides." It can also name pictured landscapes, as when Peter Lerangis's The Sword Thief (2009) lists countrysides among tattoo designs beside dragons and scrollwork. For rural land in general, the uncountable singular does the work: life in the countryside.
countrysides is a form of countryside
countryside, noun: Land that lies outside towns and cities, rural rather than urban or suburban. Full entry
- Forms
- countrysidecountrysides plural
- Spelling
- countryside → countrysides: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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