intergalactic

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adjective

Occurring between galaxies.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveintergalactic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableastronomyOccurring between galaxies.
    2 more examples

    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.

    2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2013

    Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.

    2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. not comparableproscribedliteratureOccurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.

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

    2003 July 16, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishgalactic
  8. Englishintergalactic

From inter- + galactic.

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Translations

Catalan intergalàctic
  • intergalàcticoccurring between galaxies
Chinese Mandarin 星系際 /星系际
  • 星系際 /星系际 (xīngxìjì)occurring between galaxies
Czech mezigalaktický
  • mezigalaktickýoccurring between galaxies
Danish intergalaktisk
  • intergalaktiskoccurring between galaxies
Dutch intergalactisch
  • intergalactischoccurring between galaxies
Esperanto intergalaksia
  • intergalaksiaoccurring between galaxies
Finnish galaksienvälinen
  • galaksienvälinenoccurring between galaxies
French intergalactique
  • intergalactiqueoccurring between galaxies
German intergalaktisch
  • intergalaktischoccurring between galaxies
Greek διαγαλαξιακός
  • διαγαλαξιακός (diagalaxiakós)occurring between galaxies
Hebrew בין־גלקטי
  • בין־גלקטי (bengalákti)occurring between galaxies
Hindi अंतरमंदाकिनीय
  • अंतरमंदाकिनीय (antarmandākinīya)occurring between galaxies
Hungarian galaxisközi
  • galaxisközioccurring between galaxies
Irish idir-réaltrach
  • idir-réaltrachoccurring between galaxies
Italian intergalattico
  • intergalatticooccurring between galaxies
Japanese 銀河間
  • 銀河間 (gingakan)occurring between galaxies
Latvian starpgalaktiku
  • starpgalaktikuoccurring between galaxies
Polish międzygalaktyczny
  • międzygalaktycznyoccurring between galaxies
Portuguese intergalático, intergaláctico
  • intergaláticooccurring between galaxies
  • intergalácticooccurring between galaxies
Romanian intergalactic
  • intergalacticoccurring between galaxies
Russian межгалакти́ческий
  • межгалакти́ческий (mežgalaktíčeskij)occurring between galaxies
Slovak medzigalaktický
  • medzigalaktickýoccurring between galaxies
Spanish intergaláctico
  • intergalácticooccurring between galaxies
Swedish intergalaktisk
  • intergalaktiskoccurring between galaxies
Ukrainian міжгалакти́чний
  • міжгалакти́чний (mižhalaktýčnyj)occurring between galaxies
Cite this entry
APA

intergalactic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergalactic

MLA

“intergalactic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergalactic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intergalactic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intergalactic.

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