intercontinental

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ continental

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪ.ˈnɛn.təl/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧con‧tin‧ent‧al

Adjective

intercontinental (not comparable)

1. Taking place between two or more continents.
2. Having the ability to travel between continents.

Derived terms

• intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM

Translations

between two or more continents

• Belarusian: міжкантынента́льны (mižkantynjentálʹny)
• Bulgarian: междуконтинента́лен (meždukontinentálen)
• Catalan: intercontinental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洲際 (zh), 洲际 (zh) (zhōujì)

• Czech: mezikontinentální (cs)
• Danish: interkontinental
• Finnish: mannertenvälinen
• French: intercontinental (fr)
• Galician: intercontinental
• Georgian: კონტინენტთაშორისი (ḳonṭinenṭtašorisi), საკონტინენტთაშორისო (saḳonṭinenṭtašoriso)
• German: interkontinental (de)

• Greek: διηπειρωτικός (el) (diipeirotikós)
• Italian: intercontinentale (it)
• Japanese: 大陸間 (たいりくかん, tairiku kan)
• Korean: 대륙 간 (daeryuk gan)
• Polish: międzykontynentalny
• Portuguese: intercontinental
• Romanian: intercontinental (ro)
• Russian: межконтинента́льный (ru) (mežkontinentálʹnyj)
• Slovak: medzikontinentálný
• Spanish: intercontinental (es)
• Ukrainian: міжконтинента́льний (mižkontynentálʹnyj)
• Yiddish: אינטערקאָנטינענטאַל‎ (interkontinental)

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Catalan

Etymology

inter- +‎ continental

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.təɾ.kon.ti.nənˈtal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.tər.kun.ti.nənˈtal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.teɾ.kon.ti.nenˈtal/

Adjective

intercontinental (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentals)

1. intercontinental

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French

Etymology

From inter- +‎ continental

Adjective

intercontinental (feminine singular intercontinentale, masculine plural intercontinentaux, feminine plural intercontinentales)

1. intercontinental

Further reading

• “intercontinental” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Spanish

Adjective

intercontinental (plural intercontinentales)

1. intercontinental

Related terms

• continental
• continente