crossover

See also: cross over and cross-over

English

Etymology

    Deverbal from cross over.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

    crossover (countable and uncountable, plural crossovers)

    1. A place where one thing crosses over another; a crossing.
      Lay one pole over the other and tie them together at the crossover.
    2. The means by which a crossing is made.
      To get to the other side of the railway, use the crossover.
    3. A transition.
      The company has made a crossover into aerospace technology.
      Fans disapprove of the singer's crossover to pop.
    4. A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
    5. A combining of characters or plot elements from different fictional universes or settings, or a work that does this.
      It's a weird crossover between Harry Potter and Frankenstein.
      The network aired a Superman+Supergirl crossover episode.
    7. (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Buick Enclave.
      Synonyms: CUV, XUV
    8. (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.
    9. (US, politics) A voter registered as a member of one political party or historically associated with such party who votes in the primary of the other party.
    10. (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
    11. (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
    12. (basketball) A crossover dribble.
    13. A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
    14. (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature measured in degrees Celsius.
    15. (electronics) A circuit or component that splits an audio signal into different frequency bands, typically so that different frequencies can be sent to different loudspeakers.
    16. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (fiction) Meeting of various characters.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    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.
    2. Of a fictional character, spanning two or more fictional universes or settings.
      (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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    French

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      crossover m (plural crossovers)

      1. crossover (car)

      Polish

      crossover

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      English cross overdeverb.
      English crossoverubor.
      Polish crossover

        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[1] (in Polish)

        Portuguese

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        English cross overdeverb.
        English crossoverubor.
        Portuguese crossover

          Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.

          Pronunciation

           
          • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(w).veʁ/ [ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(ʊ̯).veh], /ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(w).veʁ/ [ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(ʊ̯).veh]
            • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(w).veɾ/ [ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(ʊ̯).veɾ], /ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(w).veɾ/ [ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(ʊ̯).veɾ]
            • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(w).veʁ/ [ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(ʊ̯).veχ], /ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(w).veʁ/ [ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(ʊ̯).veχ]
            • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(w).veɻ/ [ˌkɾɔˈs‿o(ʊ̯).veɻ], /ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(w).veɻ/ [ˌkɾɔˈz‿o(ʊ̯).veɻ]
           
          • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɔ.s‿o(w)ˈvɐɾ/
            • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɔ.s‿owˈbɐɾ/ [kɾɔ.s‿owˈβɐɾ]
            • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɔ.s‿oˈvɐ.ɾi/

          • Rhymes: -oveʁ, -owveʁ

          Noun

          crossover m (plural crossovers)

          1. (fiction) crossover
          2. (electronics) audio crossover

          Spanish

          Etymology

          Etymology tree
          English cross overdeverb.
          English crossoverubor.
          Spanish crossover

            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.

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