across the pond

English

WOTD – 27 September 2023

Etymology

From across + the + pond (“(informal) the Atlantic Ocean”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌkɹɒs ðə ˈpɒnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌkɹɔs ðə ˈpɑnd/

• Audio (General American):

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹɑs ðə ˈpɑnd/
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Prepositional phrase

across the pond

1. (informal) On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

   Synonyms: transatlantic, transatlantically, transpondian

   Coordinate term: across the ditch

   My friend across the pond sometimes finds my accent hard to understand.

   We flew across the pond to visit my parents in Vancouver.

Usage notes

• The phrase usually implies the North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe, and is most often used to describe travel or the flow of information between Ireland or the United Kingdom, and Canada or the United States.

Related terms

• herring pond

Translations

(informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean

• Finnish: rapakon taakse (to), rapakon takana (on)
• French: outre-Atlantique (fr)
• Macedonian: пре́ку ба́рата (préku bárata)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: over dammen

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: преко баре

  Roman: preko bare

• Spanish: al otro lado del charco
• Swedish: over there (sv) (in the United States), på andra sidan pölen

Further reading

• Atlantic Ocean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia