side by side

See also: side-by-side

English

Noun

side by side (plural side by sides)

1. Alternative spelling of side-by-side

Adjective

side by side (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of side-by-side

Adverb

side by side (not comparable)

1. (literally) Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast.

   The new houses were built side by side, facing the lake.

   • 1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level-crossing signs”, in Trains Illustrated, page 519:

     Two lamps mounted side by side about two feet apart will flash alternately and when this happens traffic must stop; disobedience of these signs becomes an offence.

2. (figuratively) In peace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (figuratively) With a common purpose.

   The soldiers of XX and YY were fighting side by side against a common enemy.

Synonyms

• (literally): cheek by jowl, board to board (nautical)

Translations

literally

• Arabic: جَنْبًا إِلَى جَنْب (janban ʔilā janb)
• Azerbaijani: böyür-böyürə, yan-yana, yanbayan
• Belarusian: бок у бок (bok u bok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並排／并排 (zh) (bìngpái), 并排 (zh) (bìngpái), 並肩／并肩 (zh) (bìngjiān), 并肩 (zh) (bìngjiān), 肩並肩地／肩并肩地 (zh), 肩并肩地 (zh) (jiān bìng jiān de)

• Czech: bok po boku
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rinnakkain (fi), rinnatusten (fi), vierekkäin (fi); vieri vieressä, ritirinnan (very close)
• French: côte à côte (fr)
• Galician: a carón (gl)
• German: Seite an Seite, Schulter an Schulter (de)
• Irish: taobh le taobh, taobh le chéile, le taobh a chéile, le hais a chéile
• Japanese: 並で (ja) (ならんで, narande)
• Khmer: នែប (km) (nɛɛp), ទន្ទឹម (km) (tŭəntɨm)
• Korean: 나란히 (ko) (naranhi)
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• Maori: karapipiti
• Navajo: ahąąh dah siké
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: side om side, side ved side

  Nynorsk: side om side, side ved side

• Polish: obok siebie
• Portuguese: lado a lado
• Romanian: cot la cot, unul lângă altul
• Russian: бок о́ бок (ru) (bok ó bok), борт о́ борт (bort ó bort) (nautical)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бок уз бок

  Roman: bok uz bok

• Swedish: sida vid sida (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: пліч-о́-пліч (plič-ó-plič), бік у бік (bik u bik)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

figuratively, in peace

• Finnish: rauhassa (fi)
• Irish: faoi shíth agus faoi shíocháin
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figuratively, with a common purpose

• Finnish: rinnalla (fi)
• German: Seite an Seite, Schulter an Schulter (de)
• Irish: bonn ar bhonn, bonn ar bhonn le chéile
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• Portuguese: lado a lado
• Romanian: cot la cot, umăr la umăr
• Spanish: codo con codo, codo a codo

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} kichen-ha-kichen (br)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zij aan zij, ^{(please verify)} naast elkaar

  Old French: ^{(please verify)} coste a coste, ^{(please verify)} lez a lez

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hlið við hlið
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} cosh ry cholbey
• Scots: ^{(please verify)} abreest
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sida vid sida (sv)