transnatation

English

Etymology

Latin transnatare (“to swim over”); trans (“across, over”) + natare (“to swim”).

Noun

transnatation (uncountable)

1. (rare) The act of swimming across (a river, etc).

Further reading

• “transnatation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.