dos-à-dos

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

French

Etymology

From dos (“back”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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