transcontinental

transcontinental

See also: trans-continental

English

Alternative forms

• trans-continental

Etymology

trans- +‎ continental

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/

Adjective

transcontinental (not comparable)

1. Crossing or spanning a continent.
   • 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554:

     It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.

Translations

crossing a continent

Armenian: միջմայրցամաքային (hy) (miǰmayrcʿamakʿayin) Danish: transkontinental Finnish: mantereen ylittävä French: transcontinental (fr) Friulian: transcontinentâl Georgian: ტრანსკონტინენტური (ṭransḳonṭinenṭuri) German: transkontinental (de) Icelandic: sem fer þvert yfir meginland, sem liggur þvert yfir meginland Italian: transcontinentale (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: transkontinental Nynorsk: transkontinental Portuguese: transcontinental (pt) Russian: трансконтинента́льный (ru) (transkontinentálʹnyj) Spanish: transcontinental (es) Swedish: transkontinental

Noun

transcontinental (plural transcontinentals)

1. (chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.
   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co.

     Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.

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French

Etymology

trans- +‎ continental

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal/

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Adjective

transcontinental (feminine transcontinentale, masculine plural transcontinentaux, feminine plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

Further reading

• “transcontinental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transcontinental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trans.kon.ti.nenˈtal/

Adjective

transcontinental m or n (feminine singular transcontinentală, masculine plural transcontinentali, feminine and neuter plural transcontinentale)

1. transcontinental

Declension

Declension of transcontinental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	transcontinental		transcontinentală	transcontinentali	transcontinentale
	definite	transcontinentalul		transcontinentala	transcontinentalii	transcontinentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	transcontinental		transcontinentale	transcontinentali	transcontinentale
	definite	transcontinentalului		transcontinentalei	transcontinentalilor	transcontinentalelor

Further reading

• transcontinental in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Etymology

trans- +‎ continental

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanskontinenˈtal/ [t̪ɾãns.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective

transcontinental (plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

Further reading

• “transcontinental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014