intercontinental
English
[edit]Etymology
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From inter- + continental.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧con‧tin‧ent‧al
Adjective
[edit]intercontinental (not comparable)
- Taking place between two or more continents.
- 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:
- Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs.
- Having the ability to travel between continents.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]between two or more continents
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From inter- + continental.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [in.tər.kun.ti.nənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.tər.kon.ti.nənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.kon.ti.nenˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [in.ter.kon.ti.nenˈtal]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -al
Adjective
[edit]intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentals)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From inter- + continental.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]intercontinental (feminine intercontinentale, masculine plural intercontinentaux, feminine plural intercontinentales)
Further reading
[edit]- “intercontinental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from French intercontinental.
Adjective
[edit]intercontinental m or n (feminine singular intercontinentală, masculine plural intercontinentali, feminine/neuter plural intercontinentale)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | intercontinental | intercontinentală | intercontinentali | intercontinentale | ||
| definite | intercontinentalul | intercontinentala | intercontinentalii | intercontinentalele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | intercontinental | intercontinentale | intercontinentali | intercontinentale | ||
| definite | intercontinentalului | intercontinentalei | intercontinentalilor | intercontinentalelor | |||
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌinteɾkontinenˈtal/ [ˌĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: in‧ter‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal
Adjective
[edit]intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentales)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “intercontinental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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