side by side

See also: side-by-side

English

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.

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rinnakkain (fi), rinnatusten (fi), vierekkäin (fi); vieri vieressä, ritirinnan (very close)
• Galician: a carón (gl)
• Irish: taobh le taobh, taobh le chéile, le taobh a chéile, le hais a chéile
• Khmer: នែប (km) (nɛɛp), ទន្ទឹម (km) (tʊəntɨm)
• Maori: karapipiti
• Navajo: ahąąh dah siké
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: side om side, side ved side

  Nynorsk: side om side, side ved side

• Russian: бок о́ бок (ru) (bok ó bok), борт о́ борт (bort ó bort) (nautical)
• Serbo-Croatian: bok uz bok, бок уз бок
• Swedish: sida vid sida (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

figuratively, in peace

• Finnish: rauhassa (fi)
• Irish: faoi shíth agus faoi shíocháin

figuratively, with a common purpose

• Finnish: rinnalla
• Irish: bonn ar bhonn, bonn ar bhonn le chéile

• Spanish: codo con codo, codo a codo

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} جَنْبًا إِلَى جَنْب‎ (janban ʾilā janb)
• Breton: ^{(please verify)} kichen-ha-kichen (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 並排 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 并排 (zh) (bìngpái)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zij aan zij, ^{(please verify)} naast elkaar
• French: ^{(please verify)} côte à côte (fr)

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

• German: ^{(please verify)} Seite an Seite
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hlið við hlið
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 並んで (ja) (ならんで, narande)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 나란히 (ko) (naranhi)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} cosh ry cholbey
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} obok siebie
• Scots: ^{(please verify)} abreest
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sida vid sida (sv)