transcontinental

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trans- +‎ continental

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. transcontinental

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /trans.kon.ti.nenˈtal/

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. transcontinental

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɾanskontinenˈtal/ [t̪ɾãns.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective[edit]

transcontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural transcontinentales)

  1. transcontinental

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