cross-dress

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkrɔsˈdrɛs/, /ˈkrɒsˈdrɛs/

Alternative forms

• crossdress
• x-dress

Verb

cross-dress (third-person singular simple present cross-dresses, present participle cross-dressing, simple past and past participle cross-dressed)

1. To wear clothes considered to be of the opposite sex.

Synonyms

• transvest (rare)

Translations

to wear clothes of the opposite sex

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扮裝 (cmn), 扮装 (cmn) (bànzhuāng), 變裝 (cmn), 变装 (cmn) (biànzhuāng), 易服 (cmn) (yìfú), 易裝 (cmn), 易装 (cmn) (yìzhuāng), (in a theatrical performance) 反串 (cmn) (fǎnchuàn)

• Finnish: pukeutua (fi) ristiin (fi)

• Japanese: 男装する (ja) (だんそうする, dansō suru) (cross-dress as a man), 女装する (ja) (じょそうする, josō suru) (cross-dress as a woman)
• Russian: переодеваться (ru) (pereodevátʹsja)  (в мужчи́ну OR в же́нщину)

Derived terms

• cross-dresser
• cross-dressing