Phrase guide

across the pond

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˌkɹɒs ðə ˈpɒnd/
  • General-American: /əˌkɹɔs ðə ˈpɑnd/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • cot-caught-merger: /əˈkɹɑs ðə ˈpɑnd/
  • rhymes with -ɒnd

1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • My friend across the pond sometimes finds my accent hard to understand.
  • We flew across the pond to visit my parents in Vancouver.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transatlantic, transatlantically, transpondian

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep_phrase

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of across the pond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From across + the pond (“the Atlantic Ocean”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: rapakon taakse — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Finnish: rapakon takana — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • French: outre-Atlantique — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Macedonian: пре́ку ба́рата (préku bárata) — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: over dammen — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Serbo-Croatian: преко баре — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Serbo-Croatian: preko bare — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Spanish: al otro lado del charco — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Swedish: over there — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Swedish: på andra sidan pölen — (informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean