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cross-legged

adj · adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having one leg over and across the other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

In a cross-legged position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

with the legs crossed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 翹著腿的 /翘著腿的 (qiàozhetuǐ de) — having one leg over and across the other
  • Finnish: jalat ristissä — having one leg over and across the other
  • Italian: a gambe incrociate — having one leg over and across the other
  • Japanese: 足を組んだ (ashi o kunda) — having one leg over and across the other
  • Korean: 다리를 꼬는 (dari-reul kkoneun) — having one leg over and across the other
  • Central Kurdish: چوارمشقی (çwarmişqî) — having one leg over and across the other
  • Northern Kurdish: çarmêrkî — having one leg over and across the other
  • Macedonian: крснозе (krsnoze) — having one leg over and across the other
  • Malay: duduk bersilang kaki — having one leg over and across the other
  • Malay: duduk bertindih lutut — having one leg over and across the other
  • Malay: bersila panggung — having one leg over and across the other
  • Māori: whiringa waewae — having one leg over and across the other
  • Māori: waewae whiri — having one leg over and across the other
  • Māori: waewae raka — having one leg over and across the other
  • Polish: z założoną nogą na nogę — having one leg over and across the other
  • Portuguese: de pernas cruzadas — having one leg over and across the other
  • Romanian: picior peste picior — having one leg over and across the other
  • Tagalog: tansila — having one leg over and across the other
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盤著腿的 /盘著腿的 (pánzhetuǐ de) — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Finnish: risti-istunnassa — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Finnish: jalat ristissä — having one ankle over and across the other
  • French: assis(e) en tailleur — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Hungarian: törökülésben — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Japanese: 胡坐をかいた (agura o kaita) — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Korean: 책상다리하는 (chaeksangdarihaneun) — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Korean: 아빠다리하는 (appadarihaneun) — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Korean: 양반다리하는 (yangbandarihaneun) — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Malay: duduk bersila — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Persian: چارزانو (čârzânu) — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Polish: ze skrzyżowanymi nogami — having one ankle over and across the other
  • Finnish: risti-istunnassa — in this manner
  • Finnish: jalat ristissä — in this manner
  • Greek: σταυροπόδι (stavropódi) — in this manner
  • Greek: οκλαδόν (okladón) — in this manner
  • Polish: po turecku — in this manner
  • Portuguese: de pernas cruzadas — in this manner
  • Scottish Gaelic: casa-gobhlachan — in this manner