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English
Etymology
From trans- + continental.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/
Adjective
transcontinental (not comparable)
- 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)
- (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/
Adjective
transcontinental (feminine transcontinentale, masculine plural transcontinentaux, feminine plural transcontinentales)
- 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)
- transcontinental
Declension
Further reading
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)
- transcontinental
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