cosplayer
English
Etymology
From Japanese コスプレイヤー (kosupureiyā). Equivalent to cos- + player or cosplay + -er.
Pronunciation
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Noun
cosplayer (plural cosplayers)
- One who takes part in cosplay.
- 2006, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime And Manga, page 75:
- The environments and spaces created for and by cosplay provide cosplayers with a variety of spaces for social interactions.
Derived terms
Translations
person taking part in cosplay
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Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
cosplayer m (definite singular cosplayeren, indefinite plural cosplayere, definite plural cosplayerne)
- a cosplayer, someone who takes part in cosplay
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cosplayer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɔsˈplej.eʁ/ [kɔsˈpleɪ̯.eh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kɔsˈplej.eɾ/ [kɔsˈpleɪ̯.eɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kɔʃˈplej.eʁ/ [kɔʃˈpleɪ̯.eχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /kɔsˈplej.eɻ/ [kɔsˈpleɪ̯.eɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔʃˈplɐj.ɛɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔʃˈplej.ɛɾ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔʃˈplej.ɛɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔʃˈple.ɛɾ/
Noun
cosplayer m or f by sense (plural cosplayers)
Further reading
- “cosplayer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “cosplayer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cosplayer.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʝeɾ
- Syllabification: cos‧pla‧yer
- Rhymes: -eʝeɾ
Noun
cosplayer m or f by sense (plural cosplayers)
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.