English Explanatory Dictionary

cosplay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.
  2. A skit or instance of this art or practice.
verb
  1. To costume oneself as a character.
  2. To costume oneself as (a character).
  3. To adopt the behavior and mannerisms of another.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒz.pleɪ/ /ˈkɒs.pleɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cosplay.wav /ˈkɑz.pleɪ/ /ˈkɑs.pleɪ/ /ˌkoʊˈspleɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cosplay.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-cosplay.wav

Word forms

cosplay cosplays cosplaying cosplayed

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a clipping of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), from a compound of English costume + play.

Related words

gijinka

Derived words

cosfamous cosplayer cosplaytriot crossplay

Translations

Bulgarian: коспле́йвам Catalan: vestir-se com Chinese Mandarin: cos Esperanto: rolkostumigi Finnish: pukuilla French: cosplayer French: costumader Italian: fare un cosplay Italian: vestirsi come Japanese: コスプレする Latin: vestior quā Polish: uprawiać cosplay Portuguese: fazer cosplay Russian: коспле́ить Spanish: vestirse como Spanish: disfrazarse de Swedish: cosplaya Thai: คอสเพลย์
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