dos-à-dos

See also: dosados, dos a dos, and dos à dos

English

Noun

dos-à-dos (plural dos a dos)

1. Alternative form of dos a dos

French

Etymology

From dos (“back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”), and à (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.za.do/

Adjective

dos-à-dos (invariable)

1. (literally) back to back

Noun

dos-à-dos m (plural dos-à-dos)

1. a move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other

See also

• Do Paso
• Dos a Dos
• square dance

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French dos-à-dos (literally “back-to-back”).

Noun

dos-à-dos

1. (dance) dos a dos: a move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other.

Further reading

• “dos-à-dos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.