fursuit

fur·suit
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UK/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ˌsuːt/US/ˈfɜɹˌsuːt/Australia/ˈfɜːˌsʉːt/

noun

An anthropomorphic animal costume used in the furry subculture.

OriginEnglish suit ← Middle English sute ← Anglo-Norman suite →
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Meanings

nounfursuit (plural fursuits)

plural fursuits

  1. An anthropomorphic animal costume used in the furry subculture.
verbfursuit (third-person singular simple present fursuits, present participle fursuiting, simple past and past participle fursuited)

present singular third person fursuits · participle present fursuiting · participle past fursuited · past fursuited

  1. intransitiveTo wear a fursuit.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
furrysuit

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōdrą
  3. Frankish*fōdr
  4. Anglo-Normanfuerre
  5. Middle Englishfurre
  6. Englishfur
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
  9. Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
  10. Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
  11. Vulgar Latin*sequere
  12. Vulgar Latin*sequita
  13. Old Frenchsiute
  14. Anglo-Normansuite
  15. Middle Englishsute
  16. Englishsuit
  17. Englishfursuit

From fur + suit.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 獸裝 /兽装
  • 獸裝 /兽装 (shòuzhuāng)animal outfit in the furry subculture
Czech fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Esperanto felkostumo
  • felkostumoanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Finnish turripuku
  • turripukuanimal outfit in the furry subculture
French fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Indonesian fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Japanese ファースーツ, ケモノ着ぐるみ
  • ファースーツ (fāsūtsu)animal outfit in the furry subculture
  • ケモノ着ぐるみ (kemonokigurumi)animal outfit in the furry subculture
Korean 퍼슈트
  • 퍼슈트 (peosyuteu)animal outfit in the furry subculture
Norwegian Bokmål fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Polish fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Portuguese fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Russian фурсьют
  • фурсьют (fursʹjut)animal outfit in the furry subculture
Spanish fursuit
  • fursuitanimal outfit in the furry subculture
Ukrainian фурсьют
  • фурсьют (fursʹjut)animal outfit in the furry subculture
Cite this entry
APA

fursuit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fursuit

MLA

“fursuit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fursuit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fursuit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fursuit.

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