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