"dos a dos" meaning in All languages combined

See dos a dos on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav
Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dos à dos||back to back}} French dos à dos (“back to back”), {{uder|en|la|dorsum||back}} Latin dorsum (“back”), {{uder|en|la|ad||to}} Latin ad (“to”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} dos a dos (not comparable)
  1. Back to back. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: do paso, square dance
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-en-adv-GEulsRW8

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/, /ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav
Etymology: From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dos à dos||back to back}} French dos à dos (“back to back”), {{uder|en|la|dorsum||back}} Latin dorsum (“back”), {{uder|en|la|ad||to}} Latin ad (“to”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} dos a 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. Synonyms: do-sa-do, dosado, dos-à-dos, do-se-do, do-si-do, dosido, dos-a-dos, dosey doe
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-en-noun-xR6MqsMc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 73 22 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 13 65 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 67 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 60 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 72 20
  2. (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-en-noun-kxpSTDN8

Adverb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{es-adv}} dos a dos
  1. mutually
    Sense id: en-dos_a_dos-es-adv-vHBJ0dkJ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "dos à dos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back to back"
      },
      "expansion": "French dos à dos (“back to back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dorsum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dorsum (“back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ad (“to”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "dos a dos",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 73 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 65 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [
            "Reduplicated coordinated pairs",
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Reduplications",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 67 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 60 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 72 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-dos_a_dos-en-noun-xR6MqsMc",
      "links": [
        [
          "square dancing",
          "square dancing"
        ],
        [
          "shoulders",
          "shoulders"
        ],
        [
          "adjacent",
          "adjacent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "do-sa-do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "dosado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "dos-à-dos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "do-se-do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "do-si-do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "dosido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "dos-a-dos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 40 0",
          "word": "dosey doe"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back."
      ],
      "id": "en-dos_a_dos-en-noun-kxpSTDN8",
      "links": [
        [
          "sofa",
          "sofa"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "carriage",
          "carriage"
        ],
        [
          "occupant",
          "occupant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dos a dos"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "dos à dos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back to back"
      },
      "expansion": "French dos à dos (“back to back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dorsum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dorsum (“back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ad (“to”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dos a dos (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to sit dos a dos on a camel",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Back to back."
      ],
      "id": "en-dos_a_dos-en-adv-GEulsRW8",
      "links": [
        [
          "Back to back",
          "back to back"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "do paso"
        },
        {
          "word": "square dance"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dos a dos"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dos a dos",
      "name": "es-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mutually"
      ],
      "id": "en-dos_a_dos-es-adv-vHBJ0dkJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mutually",
          "mutually"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dos a dos"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "dos à dos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back to back"
      },
      "expansion": "French dos à dos (“back to back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dorsum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dorsum (“back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ad (“to”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "dos a dos",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "square dancing",
          "square dancing"
        ],
        [
          "shoulders",
          "shoulders"
        ],
        [
          "adjacent",
          "adjacent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sofa",
          "sofa"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "carriage",
          "carriage"
        ],
        [
          "occupant",
          "occupant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "do-sa-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "dosado"
    },
    {
      "word": "dos-à-dos"
    },
    {
      "word": "do-se-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "do-si-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "dosido"
    },
    {
      "word": "dos-a-dos"
    },
    {
      "word": "dosey doe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dos a dos"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "dos à dos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back to back"
      },
      "expansion": "French dos à dos (“back to back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dorsum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dorsum (“back”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ad (“to”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French dos à dos (“back to back”), from dos (“back”) (from Latin dorsum (“back”)) and à (from Latin ad (“to”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dos a dos (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "do paso"
    },
    {
      "word": "square dance"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to sit dos a dos on a camel",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to dance dos a dos, so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Back to back."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Back to back",
          "back to back"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsəˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdəʊsiˈdəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dos a dos.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-dos_a_dos.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "do-sa-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "dosado"
    },
    {
      "word": "dos-à-dos"
    },
    {
      "word": "do-se-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "do-si-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "dosido"
    },
    {
      "word": "dos-a-dos"
    },
    {
      "word": "dosey doe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dos a dos"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dos a dos",
      "name": "es-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish adverbs",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mutually"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mutually",
          "mutually"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dos a dos"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dos a dos meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.