interstate

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ state

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (AU):

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Adjective

interstate (not comparable)

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

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, 州际的 (zhōujì de)

• Esperanto: interŝtata
• Estonian: riikidevaheline
• French: interétatique (fr)
• Georgian: შტატთაშორისი (šṭaṭtašorisi)
• German: zwischenstaatlich
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: államközi (hu)
• Latvian: starpvalstu
• Polish: międzystanowy (pl)
• Portuguese: interestadual
• Russian: междушта́тный (ru) (mežduštátnyj), межшта́тный (mežštátnyj)
• Spanish: interestatal

Noun

interstate (plural interstates)

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

Interstate 75/85 in Atlanta.

Translations

U.S. freeway

• German: Autobahn (de)
• Portuguese: interestadual f
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• Russian: автомагистра́ль (ru) f (avtomagistrálʹ), автостра́да (ru) f (avtostráda)
• Spanish: interestatal f

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) interstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interstō