crosstalk

See also: cross-talk and cross talk

English

Alternative forms

cross-talk, cross talk

Etymology

cross- +‎ talk.

Usage in reference to the Chinese comedic performance is probably a loose calque of Chinese 相聲／相声 (xiàngsheng).

Noun

crosstalk (countable and uncountable, plural crosstalks)

(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
(biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
I couldn't hear the opening address because of all the crosstalk around me.
A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
Synonym: xiangsheng

Translations

undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit (electronics)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 串擾, 串扰 (chuànrǎo), 串音 (zh) (chuànyīn), 串音干擾, 串音干扰 (chuànyīn gānrǎo)
Finnish: ylikuuluminen (fi)
French: diaphonie (fr) f

German: Übersprechen n, Nebensprechen n
Japanese: 漏話 (ろうわ, rōwa), クロストーク (kurosutōku)
Russian: перекрёстные поме́хи f pl (perekrjóstnyje poméxi)

conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion

Finnish: hälinä (fi)

Russian: болтовня́ (ru) f (boltovnjá) (chatter), трескотня́ (ru) f (treskotnjá) (chatter)

traditional Chinese comedic performance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 相聲 (zh), 相声 (zh) (xiàngsheng)
Finnish: xiangsheng
German: Xiangsheng n

Japanese: 相声 (ja) (そうせい, sōsei, しょうせい, shōsei)
Korean: 상성 (sangseong)
Russian: сяншэ́н (ru) m (sjanšɛ́n)

Verb

crosstalk (third-person singular simple present crosstalks, present participle crosstalking, simple past and past participle crosstalked)

To hold an incidental conversation

Anagrams

rock salts

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