English Explanatory Dictionary

by-product

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
A consequence, especially a side effect.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-by-product.wav

Word forms

by-product by-products byproduct bye-product

Etymology

Etymology tree English by- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English by-product From by- + product.

Related words

waste product

Translations

Bulgarian: страничен продукт Chinese Mandarin: 副产品 Dutch: bijproduct Dutch: nevenproduct Dutch: afvalproduct Finnish: sivutuote French: sous-produit French: co-produit French: produit dérivé Georgian: თანაპროდუქტი Georgian: მეორადი პროდუქტი Georgian: თანმდევი პროდუქტი German: Nebenprodukt German: Beiprodukt German: Nachprodukt German: Teilprodukt Greek: υποπροϊόν Icelandic: aukaafurð Italian: sottoprodotto Japanese: 副産物 Macedonian: нуспроизвод Norwegian Bokmål: biprodukt Norwegian Nynorsk: biprodukt Pannonian Rusyn: побочни продукт Polish: produkt uboczny Portuguese: subproduto Russian: побочный продукт Scottish Gaelic: far-stuth Serbo-Croatian: nusproizvod Serbo-Croatian: nusprodukt Swedish: biprodukt Tagalog: yaga Thai: ผลพลอยได้ Turkish: yan ürün Ukrainian: побічний продукт Vietnamese: phụ phẩm

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