# crossover
## English
### Etymology

Deverbal of cross over.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

crossover (countable and uncountable, plural crossovers)
* A place where one thing crosses over another.
* The means by which the crossing is made.
* (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
* A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
* (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
    Synonyms: CUV, XUV
* (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.
* A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
* (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
* (basketball) A crossover dribble.
* A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
* (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.

#### Derived terms

* crossover airspeed
* crossover cable
* crossover dribble
* crossover thrash
* crossover vote
* crossover voting
* diamond crossover
* double crossover
* noncrossover
* scissors crossover

#### Translations
### Adjective

crossover (not comparable)
* 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.
** (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
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

crossover m (plural crossovers)
* crossover (car)

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /krɔˈsɔ.vɛr/
* Rhymes: -ɔvɛr
* Syllabification: cro‧sso‧ver

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### Noun

crossover m inan
* (film, music) crossover (blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* crossover in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Noun

crossover m (plural crossovers)
* crossover (car)