crossover

See also: cross over and cross-over

English

Etymology

Deverbal from cross over.

Pronunciation

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Noun

crossover (countable and uncountable, plural crossovers)

1. A place where one thing crosses over another.
2. The means by which the crossing is made.
3. (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
4. A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
6. (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.

   Synonyms: CUV, XUV

7. (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
   • 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76:

     The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it.

   • 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 40:

     Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost.

8. A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
9. (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
10. (basketball) A crossover dribble.
11. A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
12. (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.

Derived terms

• crossover airspeed
• crossover book
• crossover cable
• crossover dribble
• crossover thrash
• crossover vote
• crossover voting
• diamond crossover
• double crossover
• noncrossover
• scissors crossover

Translations

a place where one thing crosses over another

• Bulgarian: пресечка (bg) (presečka)
• Finnish: risteys (fi)
• German: (technical) Kreuzung (de) f, Übergang (de) m, Überführung (de) f
• Russian: пересече́ние (ru) n (peresečénije), перехо́д (ru) m (perexód)
• Turkish: geçit (tr)

the means by which the crossing is made

• Bulgarian: преминаване (bg) (preminavane), пресичане (bg) (presičane)
• Finnish: risteys (fi)
• Greek: μετάβαση (el) f (metávasi)
• Turkish: atlama (tr), karşıya geçme

the result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis

• Finnish: tekijäinvaihdunta
• Greek: επιχιασμός (el) m (epichiasmós)
• Irish: crosmhalartú m
• Japanese: 乗換え (のりかえ, norikae)
• Russian: скре́щивание (ru) n (skréščivanije), кроссо́вер (ru) m (krossóver)
• Spanish: entrecruzamiento (es) m, recombinación f

SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform

• French: crossover (fr) m
• German: Crossover (de) f
• Polish: crossover (pl) m
• Portuguese: crossover (pt) m
• Russian: кроссо́вер (ru) m (krossóver), парке́тник (ru) m (parkétnik) (colloquial)
• Spanish: crossover (es) m

Adjective

crossover (not comparable)

1. Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
   1. (in particular, computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.

Anagrams

• corvesors, overcross

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

crossover m (plural crossovers)

1. crossover (car)

Polish

crossover

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɔˈsɔ.vɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔvɛr
• Syllabification: cro‧sso‧ver

Noun

crossover m animal

1. crossover (SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent)

Declension

Declension of crossover

	singular	plural
nominative	crossover	crossovery
genitive	crossovera	crossoverów
dative	crossoverowi	crossoverom
accusative	crossovera	crossovery
instrumental	crossoverem	crossoverami
locative	crossoverze	crossoverach
vocative	crossoverze	crossovery

Noun

crossover m inan

1. (film, music) crossover (blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience)

Declension

Declension of crossover

	singular	plural
nominative	crossover	crossovery
genitive	crossoveru	crossoverów
dative	crossoverowi	crossoverom
accusative	crossover	crossovery
instrumental	crossoverem	crossoverami
locative	crossoverze	crossoverach
vocative	crossoverze	crossovery

Further reading

• crossover in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crossover

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾoˈsobeɾ/ [kɾoˈso.β̞eɾ], /ˈkɾosoubeɾ/ [ˈkɾo.sou̯.β̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -obeɾ, -osoubeɾ

Noun

crossover m (plural crossovers)

1. (automotive) crossover (car)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.