transatlantic

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trans- +‎ Atlantic

Adjective[edit]

transatlantic (not comparable)

  1. (geography) On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
    • 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
      Many travellers via Fishguard regret the closing by British Transport Hotels & Catering Services of the Fishguard Bay Hotel, built by the G.W.R. early in the century for the expected transatlantic traffic.

Usage notes[edit]

  • transatlantic is several times more common than trans-Atlantic.[1] GPO manual lists transatlantic as an exception to the recommendation that prefixing capitalized words should retain the capitalization and use a hyphen.[2]

Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of "situated on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean"): cisatlantic

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (transatlantic*0.2), trans-Atlantic at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

Further reading[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French transatlantique. By surface analysis, trans- +‎ atlantic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌtran.saˈtlan.tik/

Adjective[edit]

transatlantic m or n (feminine singular transatlantică, masculine plural transatlantici, feminine and neuter plural transatlantice)

  1. transatlantic

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