dos-à-dos

== English == === Noun === dos-à-dos 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) (literally) back to back === Noun === dos-à-dos m (invariable) 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 (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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016