cosplay
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Translation of Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a contraction of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), a Japanese borrowing from English meaning costume play.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
cosplay (countable and uncountable; plural cosplays)
- (countable) A costume that imitates any character from manga, anime, tokusatsu, video games, or, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands.
- (uncountable) A subculture centered on people wearing cosplays.
[edit] Translations
subculture centered on dressing as characters
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[edit] Verb
cosplay (third-person singular simple present cosplays, present participle cosplaying, simple past and past participle cosplayed)
- (intransitive) To do cosplay.
- She cosplayed as Sailor Moon at the manga convention.
