пліч-о-пліч

Ukrainian

Etymology

From плече́ (plečé, “shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plʲit͡ʃ ˈɔ plʲit͡ʃ]

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Adverb

пліч-о́-пліч • (plič-ó-plič)

1. (literally) side by side, shoulder-to-shoulder (beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast)

   Synonyms: вприту́л (vprytúl), уприту́л (uprytúl), по́руч (póruč), по́ряд (pórjad)

2. (figuratively) side by side, shoulder-to-shoulder (with a common purpose; with united action or effort)

   Synonym: згурто́вано (zhurtóvano)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пліч-о-пліч”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2022), “пліч-о-пліч”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 13 (підку́са – покі́рно), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “пліч-о-пліч”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пліч-о-пліч”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “пліч-о-пліч”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “пліч-о-пліч”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)