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intergalactic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Occurring between galaxies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, proscribed

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

between or among galaxies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • intergalactic space

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English galactic English intergalactic From inter- + galactic.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միջգալակտիկական (miǰgalaktikakan) — occurring between galaxies
  • Azerbaijani: qalaktikalararası — occurring between galaxies
  • Belarusian: міжгалакты́чны (mižhalaktýčny) — occurring between galaxies
  • Catalan: intergalàctic — occurring between galaxies
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星系際 /星系际 (xīngxìjì) — occurring between galaxies
  • Czech: mezigalaktický — occurring between galaxies
  • Danish: intergalaktisk — occurring between galaxies
  • Dutch: intergalactisch — occurring between galaxies
  • Esperanto: intergalaksia — occurring between galaxies
  • Finnish: galaksienvälinen — occurring between galaxies
  • French: intergalactique — occurring between galaxies
  • German: intergalaktisch — occurring between galaxies
  • Greek: διαγαλαξιακός (diagalaxiakós) — occurring between galaxies
  • Hebrew: בין־גלקטי (bengalákti) — occurring between galaxies
  • Hindi: अंतरमंदाकिनीय (antarmandākinīya) — occurring between galaxies
  • Hungarian: galaxisközi — occurring between galaxies
  • Irish: idir-réaltrach — occurring between galaxies
  • Italian: intergalattico — occurring between galaxies
  • Japanese: 銀河間 (gingakan) — occurring between galaxies
  • Kabuverdianu: intergaláktiku — occurring between galaxies
  • Kazakh: галактикааралық (galaktikaaralyq) — occurring between galaxies
  • Latvian: starpgalaktiku — occurring between galaxies
  • Norman: întèrgalactique — occurring between galaxies
  • Occitan: intergalactic — occurring between galaxies
  • Polish: międzygalaktyczny — occurring between galaxies
  • Portuguese: intergalático — occurring between galaxies
  • Portuguese: intergaláctico — occurring between galaxies
  • Romanian: intergalactic — occurring between galaxies
  • Russian: межгалакти́ческий (mežgalaktíčeskij) — occurring between galaxies
  • Slovak: medzigalaktický — occurring between galaxies
  • Spanish: intergaláctico — occurring between galaxies
  • Swedish: intergalaktisk — occurring between galaxies
  • Ukrainian: міжгалакти́чний (mižhalaktýčnyj) — occurring between galaxies
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