Definitions For Cosplay

Verb

{{en-verb}} (intransitive) To costume oneself as a character. : {{ux, en, She cosplayed at the manga convention.}} (transitive) To costume oneself as (a character). : {{ux, en, She cosplayed Sailor Moon at the manga convention.}}

Derived terms

cosfamous cosplayer crossplay

Translations

Esperanto: rolkostumigi {{qualifier, transitive}} Finnish: pukuilla French: cosplayer, costumader Italian: fare un cosplay Japanese: コスプレする Russian: коспле́ить, impf Swedish: cosplaya Thai: คอสเพลย์

Noun

COSPLAY. (countable and uncountable, plural COSPLAYs) (uncountable) The art or practice of costume, costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character. (countable) A skit or instance of this art or practice.

Translations

Arabic: كُوسْبْلَاي, m (kusplay) Chinese: : Mandarin: 角色扮演 (juésè bànyǎn, sc=Hani), 色扮演秀 (sèbànyǎnxiù, sc=Hani), 角演 (juéyǎn, sc=Hani) Esperanto: rolkostumado Finnish: cosplay, pukuilu French: cosplay, m, costumade, f Galician: cosplay German: Cosplay, n Italian: cosplay, m, m-p Japanese: コスプレ (kosupure) Korean: 코스프레 Marathi: कॉस्प्ले Norwegian: : Bokmål: cosplay, n : Nynorsk: cosplay, n Persian: کوزپلی (kospley) Portuguese: cosplay, m, f Russian: коспле́й, m, коспле́й, m, tr=kosplɛ́j Spanish: cosplay, m Swedish: cosplay Tagalog: cosplay Thai: คอสเพลย์

Etymology

borrowed from {{bor, en, ja, コスプレ, tr=kosupure}}, which is a contraction of コスチュームプレイ, tr=kosuchūmu purei, equivalent to an {{cog, en, -}} costume, play, nocap=y, nocat=y.

See also

gijinka

Anagrams

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