transcontinental

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/

Adjective

transcontinental (not comparable)

  1. Crossing or spanning a continent.
    • 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554:
      It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.

Translations

Noun

transcontinental (plural transcontinentals)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.
    • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:
      Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.

French

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

transcontinental (feminine transcontinentale, masculine plural transcontinentaux, feminine plural transcontinentales)

  1. transcontinental

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transcontinental. By surface analysis, trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trans.kon.ti.nenˈtal/

Adjective

transcontinental m or n (feminine singular transcontinentală, masculine plural transcontinentali, feminine and neuter plural transcontinentale)

  1. transcontinental

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite transcontinental transcontinentală transcontinentali transcontinentale
definite transcontinentalul transcontinentala transcontinentalii transcontinentalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite transcontinental transcontinentale transcontinentali transcontinentale
definite transcontinentalului transcontinentalei transcontinentalilor transcontinentalelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾanskontinenˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective

transcontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural transcontinentales)

  1. transcontinental

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