English

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Two cosplayers of characters from Bleach.

Etymology

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From Japanese コスプレイヤー (kosupureiyā). Equivalent to cos- +‎ player or cosplay +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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cosplayer (plural cosplayers)

  1. One who takes part in cosplay.
    • 2006, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime And Manga, page 75:
      The environments and spaces created for and by cosplay provide cosplayers with a variety of spaces for social interactions.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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cosplayer m (definite singular cosplayeren, indefinite plural cosplayere, definite plural cosplayerne)

  1. a cosplayer, someone who takes part in cosplay

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English cosplayer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kosˈplaʝeɾ/ [kosˈpla.ʝeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kosˈplaʃeɾ/ [kosˈpla.ʃeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kosˈplaʒeɾ/ [kosˈpla.ʒeɾ]

    • Rhymes: -aʝeɾ
    • Syllabification: cos‧pla‧yer
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kosˈpleʝeɾ/ [kosˈple.ʝeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kosˈpleʃeɾ/ [kosˈple.ʃeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kosˈpleʒeɾ/ [kosˈple.ʒeɾ]

Noun

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cosplayer m or f by sense (plural cosplayers)

  1. cosplayer

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.