dos-à-dos

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

English

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Noun

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dos-à-dos (plural dos a dos)

  1. Alternative form of dos a dos

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dos-à-dos (invariable)

  1. (literally) back to back

Noun

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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

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