transcontinental

• trans-continental

trans- +‎ continental

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, /ˌtɹɑːnzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/

transcontinental (not comparable)

1. Crossing or spanning a continent.
   • 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554:

     It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.

transcontinental (plural transcontinentals)

1. (chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:

     Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.

From trans- +‎ continental.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal/

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transcontinental (feminine transcontinentale, masculine plural transcontinentaux, feminine plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

• “transcontinental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French transcontinental. By surface analysis, trans- +‎ continental.

• IPA^(key): /trans.kon.ti.nenˈtal/

transcontinental m or n (feminine singular transcontinentală, masculine plural transcontinentali, feminine and neuter plural transcontinentale)

1. transcontinental

• transcontinental in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From trans- +‎ continental.

• IPA^(key): /tɾanskontinenˈtal/ [t̪ɾãns.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: trans‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

transcontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

• “transcontinental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014