cross-dress definition

See also: crossdress

English

Alternative forms

crossdress
xdress (abbreviation)

Etymology

From 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.
(immunology) To display on the surface of a dendritic cell antigens produced by a different cell.
- 2006 November 1, Brian P. Dolan et al., “Dendritic Cells Cross-Dressed with Peptide MHC Class I Complexes Prime CD8+ T Cells”, in Journal of Immunology, volume 177, number 9, DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.177.9.6018, pages 6018-6024:
  Such DC are cross-dressed because they are wearing peptide-MHC complexes generated by other cells.

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), 異裝, 异装 (yìzhuāng), 易裝, 易装 (yìzhuāng), (in a theatrical performance) 反串 (zh) (fǎnchuàn), 男裝 (zh), 男装 (zh) (nánzhuāng) (cross-dress as a man), 女裝 (zh), 女装 (zh) (nǚzhuāng)
Finnish: pukeutua ristiin

Irish: trasghléas
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: переодева́ться (ru) (pereodevátʹsja) (в мужчи́ну OR в же́нщину)

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