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transatlantic

adj · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: T R AE2 N Z AH0 T L AE1 N T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: T R AE2 N Z AH0 T L AE1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

crossing the Atlantic Ocean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • transatlantic flight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic English transatlantic From trans- + Atlantic.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: презокеански (prezokeanski) — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Catalan: transatlàntic — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跨大西洋 (kuà Dàxīyáng) — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橫越大西洋 /横越大西洋 (héngyuè Dàxīyáng) — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Czech: transatlantický — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Dutch: trans-Atlantisch — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Finnish: transatlanttinen — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • French: transatlantique — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Galician: transatlántico — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Georgian: ტრანსატლანტიკური (ṭransaṭlanṭiḳuri) — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • German: transatlantisch — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Greek: υπερατλαντικός (yperatlantikós) — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Hungarian: transzatlanti — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Polish: transatlantycki — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Romanian: transatlantic — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Russian: трансатланти́ческий (transatlantíčeskij) — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Spanish: transatlántico — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Swedish: transatlantisk — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Swedish: atlant- — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • Turkish: transatlantik — spanning or crossing the Atlantic
Real reading context

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