cross-dress

See also: crossdress

English

Alternative forms

crossdress
x-dress

Etymology

cross- +‎ dress

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs/, /ˈkɹɒsˈdɹɛs/

Verb

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

To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.

Synonyms

transvest (formal)

Derived terms

Translations

to wear clothes of the opposite sex

Chinese:
Mandarin: 扮裝 (zh), 扮装 (zh) (bànzhuāng), 變裝, 变装 (biànzhuāng), 易服 (yìfú), 易裝, 易装 (yìzhuāng), (in a theatrical performance) 反串 (zh) (fǎnchuàn)
Finnish: pukeutua ristiin

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

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