transatlantic

See also: trans-Atlantic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

trans- +‎ Atlantic

Adjective

transatlantic (not comparable)

  1. (geography) On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
    • 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
      Many travellers via Fishguard regret the closing by British Transport Hotels & Catering Services of the Fishguard Bay Hotel, built by the G.W.R. early in the century for the expected transatlantic traffic.

Usage notes
  • transatlantic is several times more common than trans-Atlantic.[1] GPO manual lists transatlantic as an exception to the recommendation that prefixing capitalized words should retain the capitalization and use a hyphen.[2]

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “situated on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean”): cisatlantic

Translations

See also

References
  1. (transatlantic*0.2), trans-Atlantic at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transatlantique. By surface analysis, trans- +‎ atlantic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌtran.saˈtlan.tik/

Adjective

transatlantic m or n (feminine singular transatlantică, masculine plural transatlantici, feminine and neuter plural transatlantice)

  1. transatlantic

Declension
Declension of transatlantic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite transatlantic transatlantică transatlantici transatlantice
definite transatlanticul transatlantica transatlanticii transatlanticele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite transatlantic transatlantice transatlantici transatlantice
definite transatlanticului transatlanticei transatlanticelor transatlanticilor
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