adj
Meaning 1
Crossing or spanning a continent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
transcontinental
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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/ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/
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/ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/
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CMU ARPABET: T R AE2 N Z K AA2 N T IH0 N EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: T R AE2 N Z K AA2 N IH0 N EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: T R AE2 N Z K AA2 N T IH0 N EH1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
a transcontinental railroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- transcontinental railway
- transcontinental travelers
- a transcontinental city
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- English continent English -al English continental English transcontinental From trans- + continental.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: միջմայրցամաքային (miǰmayrcʻamakʻayin) — crossing a continent
- Danish: transkontinental — crossing a continent
- Finnish: mantereen ylittävä — crossing a continent
- French: transcontinental — crossing a continent
- Friulian: transcontinentâl — crossing a continent
- Georgian: ტრანსკონტინენტური (ṭransḳonṭinenṭuri) — crossing a continent
- German: transkontinental — crossing a continent
- Icelandic: sem fer þvert yfir meginland — crossing a continent
- Icelandic: sem liggur þvert yfir meginland — crossing a continent
- Italian: transcontinentale — crossing a continent
- Japanese: 大陸横断 (tairikuōdan) — crossing a continent
- Norwegian Bokmål: transkontinental — crossing a continent
- Norwegian Nynorsk: transkontinental — crossing a continent
- Portuguese: transcontinental — crossing a continent
- Russian: трансконтинента́льный (transkontinentálʹnyj) — crossing a continent
- Spanish: transcontinental — crossing a continent
- Swedish: transkontinental — crossing a continent
Real reading context