Meanings
- not comparableHaving one leg over and across the other.
Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCSynonyms: criss-cross applesauce, crosslegs, Indian style, pretzel style, tailor-fashion, tailorwise
- not comparableHaving one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart.
She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.
2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 36
- not comparableIn a cross-legged position.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving one leg over and across the other.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 翹著腿的 /翘著腿的, 盤著腿的 /盘著腿的
- 翹著腿的 /翘著腿的 (qiàozhetuǐ de)having one leg over and across the other
- 盤著腿的 /盘著腿的 (pánzhetuǐ de)having one ankle over and across the other
Dutch kleermakerszit
- kleermakerszithaving one ankle over and across the other
Finnish jalat ristissä, risti-istunnassa
- jalat ristissähaving one leg over and across the other
- risti-istunnassahaving one ankle over and across the other
- jalat ristissähaving one ankle over and across the other
- risti-istunnassain this manner
- jalat ristissäin this manner
French assis(e) en tailleur
- assis(e) en tailleurhaving one ankle over and across the other
Greek σταυροπόδι, οκλαδόν
- σταυροπόδι (stavropódi)in this manner
- οκλαδόν (okladón)in this manner
Hungarian törökülésben
- törökülésbenhaving one ankle over and across the other
Italian a gambe incrociate
- a gambe incrociatehaving one leg over and across the other
Japanese 足を組んだ, 胡坐をかいた
- 足を組んだ (ashi o kunda)having one leg over and across the other
- 胡坐をかいた (agura o kaita)having one ankle over and across the other
Korean 다리를 꼬는, 책상다리하는
- 다리를 꼬는 (dari-reul kkoneun)having one leg over and across the other
- 책상다리하는 (chaeksangdarihaneun)having one ankle over and across the other
- 아빠다리하는 (appadarihaneun)having one ankle over and across the other
- 양반다리하는 (yangbandarihaneun)having one ankle over and across the other
Malay duduk bersilang kaki, duduk bertindih lutut
- duduk bersilang kakihaving one leg over and across the other
- duduk bertindih lututhaving one leg over and across the other
- bersila panggunghaving one leg over and across the other
- duduk bersilahaving one ankle over and across the other
Māori whiringa waewae, waewae whiri
- whiringa waewaehaving one leg over and across the other
- waewae whirihaving one leg over and across the other
- waewae rakahaving one leg over and across the other
Persian چارزانو
- چارزانو (čârzânu)having one ankle over and across the other
Polish z założoną nogą na nogę, ze skrzyżowanymi nogami
- z założoną nogą na nogęhaving one leg over and across the other
- ze skrzyżowanymi nogamihaving one ankle over and across the other
- po tureckuin this manner
Portuguese de pernas cruzadas, de pernas cruzadas
- de pernas cruzadashaving one leg over and across the other
- de pernas cruzadasin this manner
Romanian picior peste picior
- picior peste piciorhaving one leg over and across the other
Scottish Gaelic casa-gobhlachan
- casa-gobhlachanin this manner
Tagalog tansila
- tansilahaving one leg over and across the other
Cite this entry
cross-legged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-legged
“cross-legged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-legged. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-legged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-legged.
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