See also: trans-Atlantic

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From trans- +‎ Atlantic.

Adjective

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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

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  • 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

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

Translations

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See also

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References

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

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtran.saˈtlan.tik/

Adjective

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

  1. transatlantic

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