side by side

See also: side-by-side

English

Noun

side by side (plural side by sides)

Alternative spelling of side-by-side

Adjective

side by side (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of side-by-side

Adverb

side by side (not comparable)

(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.
(figuratively) In peace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(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), 並肩／并肩 (zh) (bìngjiān), 肩並肩地／肩并肩地 (zh) (jiān bìng jiān de)
Czech: bok po boku
Esperanto: flankalflanke (eo)
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)
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

figuratively, with a common purpose

Catalan: braç a braç
Finnish: rinnalla (fi)
German: Seite an Seite, Schulter an Schulter (de)
Irish: bonn ar bhonn, bonn ar bhonn le chéile
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
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hlið við hlið
Manx: ^{(please verify)} cosh ry cholbey
Scots: ^{(please verify)} abreest
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sida vid sida (sv)

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