transatlantic

See also: trans-Atlantic

English

Alternative forms

• trans-Atlantic

Etymology

From 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. GPO manual lists transatlantic as an exception to the recommendation that prefixing capitalized words should retain the capitalization and use a hyphen.

Antonyms

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

Translations

spanning or crossing the Atlantic

• Bulgarian: презокеански (prezokeanski)
• Catalan: transatlàntic
• Czech: transatlantický
• Dutch: trans-Atlantisch (nl)
• Finnish: transatlanttinen (fi)
• French: transatlantique (fr)
• Galician: transatlántico (gl)
• German: transatlantisch (de)
• Greek: υπερατλαντικός (el) (yperatlantikós)
• Polish: transatlantycki (pl) m
• Romanian: transatlantic (ro)
• Russian: трансатланти́ческий (ru) (transatlantíčeskij)
• Spanish: transatlántico (es)
• Swedish: transatlantisk (sv), atlant- (sv)
• Turkish: transatlantik (tr)

See also

• transpacific
• Mid-Atlantic

Further reading

• “transatlantic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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

		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