transatlantic

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adjective

Beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Opposite
cisatlantic
OriginEnglish Atlantic ← Middle English Atlantyke ← Latin ā̆tlanticus →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivetransatlantic (not comparable)

alternative trans-Atlantic

  1. not comparablegeographyBeyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh.

    2016 November 15, Karla Pequenino, “The women pilots that history forgot”, in CNN
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    Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.

    1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308

    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.

    1961 August 28, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492

    Antonyms: cisatlantic, Cisatlantic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBeyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Opposite
cisatlanticCisatlantic
Also see
across the pond

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās)
  10. Ancient GreekἈτλαντικός (Atlantikós)
  11. Latinā̆tlanticus
  12. Middle EnglishAtlantyke
  13. EnglishAtlantic
  14. Englishtransatlantic

From trans- + Atlantic.

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Translations

Bulgarian презокеански
  • презокеански (prezokeanski)spanning or crossing the Atlantic
Catalan transatlàntic
  • transatlànticspanning or crossing the Atlantic
Chinese Mandarin 跨大西洋, 橫越大西洋 /横越大西洋
  • 跨大西洋 (kuà Dàxīyáng)spanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • 橫越大西洋 /横越大西洋 (héngyuè Dàxīyáng)spanning or crossing the Atlantic
Czech transatlantický
  • transatlantickýspanning or crossing the Atlantic
Dutch trans-Atlantisch
  • trans-Atlantischspanning or crossing the Atlantic
Finnish transatlanttinen
  • transatlanttinenspanning or crossing the Atlantic
French transatlantique
  • transatlantiquespanning or crossing the Atlantic
German transatlantisch
  • transatlantischspanning or crossing the Atlantic
Greek υπερατλαντικός
  • υπερατλαντικός (yperatlantikós)spanning or crossing the Atlantic
Hungarian transzatlanti
  • transzatlantispanning or crossing the Atlantic
Polish transatlantycki
  • transatlantyckispanning or crossing the Atlantic
Romanian transatlantic
  • transatlanticspanning or crossing the Atlantic
Russian трансатланти́ческий
  • трансатланти́ческий (transatlantíčeskij)spanning or crossing the Atlantic
Spanish transatlántico
  • transatlánticospanning or crossing the Atlantic
Swedish transatlantisk, atlant-
  • transatlantiskspanning or crossing the Atlantic
  • atlant-spanning or crossing the Atlantic
Turkish transatlantik
  • transatlantikspanning or crossing the Atlantic
Cite this entry
APA

transatlantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transatlantic

MLA

“transatlantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transatlantic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transatlantic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transatlantic.

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