transcontinental

See also: trans-continental

English

Alternative forms

• trans-continental

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

transcontinental (not comparable)

1. Crossing or spanning a continent.
   • 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 127-128:

     In that year [1871] British Columbia decided to become part of the Dominion of Canada, on condition that a transcontinental railway should be completed without delay.

   • 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554:

     It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.

Translations

crossing a continent

• Armenian: միջմայրցամաքային (hy) (miǰmayrcʻamakʻayin)
• Danish: transkontinental
• Finnish: mantereen ylittävä
• French: transcontinental (fr)
• Friulian: transcontinentâl
• Georgian: ტრანსკონტინენტური (ṭransḳonṭinenṭuri)
• German: transkontinental (de)
• Icelandic: sem fer þvert yfir meginland, sem liggur þvert yfir meginland
• Italian: transcontinentale (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: transkontinental

  Nynorsk: transkontinental

• Portuguese: transcontinental (pt)
• Russian: трансконтинента́льный (ru) (transkontinentálʹnyj)
• Spanish: transcontinental (es)
• Swedish: transkontinental

Noun

transcontinental (plural transcontinentals)

1. (chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:

     Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.

French

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

transcontinental (feminine transcontinentale, masculine plural transcontinentaux, feminine plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

Further reading

• “transcontinental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [tɾɐ̃s.kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [tɾɐ̃s.kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.ti.nẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.ti.nẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.kõ.ti.nẽˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective

transcontinental m or f (plural transcontinentais)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transcontinental. By surface analysis, trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trans.kon.ti.nenˈtal/

Adjective

transcontinental m or n (feminine singular transcontinentală, masculine plural transcontinentali, feminine/neuter plural transcontinentale)

1. transcontinental

Declension

Declension of transcontinental

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	transcontinental		transcontinentală		transcontinentali	transcontinentale
	definite	transcontinentalul		transcontinentala		transcontinentalii	transcontinentalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	transcontinental		transcontinentale		transcontinentali	transcontinentale
	definite	transcontinentalului		transcontinentalei		transcontinentalilor	transcontinentalelor

Further reading

• “transcontinental”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From trans- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanskontinenˈtal/ [t̪ɾãns.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective

transcontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

Further reading

• “transcontinental”, 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