interstate

English

Alternative forms

• (freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System): I, IH (Texas), IR (Ohio; rare), Int. (obsolete), ISR (obsolete)

Etymology

inter- +‎ state

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t]

• Audio (General Australian):

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Adjective

interstate (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US and Australia) Of, or relating to two or more states.

Derived terms

• interstate compact

Adverb

interstate (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US and Australia) Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).

   The truck driver drove interstate to unload.

Translations

of, or relating to two or more states

• Bulgarian: междущатски (mežduštatski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 州際的／州际的 (zhōujì de)

• Esperanto: interŝtata
• Estonian: riikidevaheline
• French: interétatique (fr)
• Georgian: შტატთაშორისი (šṭaṭtašorisi)
• German: zwischenstaatlich (de)
• Hungarian: államközi (hu)
• Latvian: starpvalstu
• Macedonian: меѓудр́жавен (meǵudŕžaven)
• Polish: międzystanowy (pl)
• Portuguese: interestadual
• Russian: междушта́тный (ru) (mežduštátnyj), межшта́тный (ru) (mežštátnyj)
• Spanish: interestatal

Noun

interstate (plural interstates)

1. (US) A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.

Interchange of Interstate 90, 94 and 290 in Chicago.

Translations

U.S. freeway

• Chinese: 州际公路 f (zhōu jì gōnglù)
• French: inter-états f
• German: Autobahn (de)
• Macedonian: а́втопат m (ávtopat), автостра́да f (avtostráda)
• Portuguese: interestadual f
• Russian: автомагистра́ль (ru) f (avtomagistrálʹ), автостра́да (ru) f (avtostráda)
• Spanish: interestatal f

Latin

Verb

interstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interstō