cross-dress
English
/ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs/
verb
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Affix from English dress.
Origin
English
dress
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battledress English
- coatdress English
- dress English
- dressable English
- dresscoat English
- dressest English
- dresseth English
- dressful English
- dressing English
- dressish English
- dressless English
- dresslike English
- dressmaker English
- dressmaking English
- dresswear English
- dressy English
- hairdress English
- hairdresser English
- headdress English
- housedress English
- microdress English
- mididress English
- minidress English
- nightdress English
- outdress English
- overdress English
- shirtdress English
- slipdress English
- sundress English
- underdress English
- undress English
- dress Norwegian Bokmål
- dres Polish
- dress Norwegian Nynorsk
- dressen Middle English
- dres Serbo-Croatian
- дрес Serbo-Croatian
- 드레스 Korean
- dres Slovene
- Dress Pennsylvania German
- dhirezi Shona
- dress
- dressy
- undress
- dressish
- sundress
- dresseth
- dressing
- dressful
- dressest
- outdress
- dresswear
- dresscoat
- overdress
- dressable
- dresslike
- slipdress
- hairdress
- coatdress
- minidress
- headdress
- mididress
- dressless
- nightdress
- dressmaker
- housedress
- shirtdress
- microdress
- underdress
- battledress
- hairdresser
- dressmaking