intergalactic

See also: intergalàctic

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ galactic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intergalactic (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Occurring between galaxies.

   Coordinate terms: interstellar, interplanetary

   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.

2. (proscribed, science fiction) Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.
   • 2003 July 16, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:

     They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization.

Derived terms

• intergalactic medium
• warm-hot intergalactic medium

 

Translations

occurring between galaxies

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: міжгалакты́чны (mižhalaktýčny)
• Catalan: intergalàctic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 星系際／星系际 (xīngxìjì)

• Czech: mezigalaktický
• Danish: intergalaktisk (da)
• Dutch: intergalactisch (nl)
• Esperanto: intergalaksia
• Finnish: galaksienvälinen (fi)
• French: intergalactique (fr)
• German: intergalaktisch (de)
• Greek: διαγαλαξιακός (el) (diagalaxiakós)
• Hebrew: בין-גלקטי (bengalákti)
• Hungarian: galaxisközi
• Irish: idir-réaltrach
• Italian: intergalattico (it)
• Japanese: 銀河間 (gingakan)
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu: intergaláktiku

• Kazakh: галактикааралық (galaktikaaralyq)
• Latvian: starpgalaktiku
• Norman: întèrgalactique
• Occitan: intergalactic
• Polish: międzygalaktyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: intergalático, intergaláctico
• Romanian: intergalactic (ro)
• Russian: межгалакти́ческий (ru) (mežgalaktíčeskij)
• Slovak: medzigalaktický
• Spanish: intergaláctico (es)
• Swedish: intergalaktisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: міжгалакти́чний (mižhalaktýčnyj)

Occitan

Adjective

intergalactic m (feminine singular intergalactica, masculine plural intergalactics, feminine plural intergalacticas)

1. (astronomy) intergalactic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English intergalactic or French intergalactique. By surface analysis, inter- +‎ galactic.

Adjective

intergalactic m or n (feminine singular intergalactică, masculine plural intergalactici, feminine and neuter plural intergalactice)

1. (astronomy) intergalactic

Declension

Declension of intergalactic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	intergalactic		intergalactică	intergalactici	intergalactice
	definite	intergalacticul		intergalactica	intergalacticii	intergalacticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	intergalactic		intergalactice	intergalactici	intergalactice
	definite	intergalacticului		intergalacticei	intergalacticilor	intergalacticelor