transrhenane

See also: Transrhenane and transrhénane

English

Alternative forms
  • trans-Rhenane

Etymology

From trans- (“across, beyond”) +‎ Rhenus (Rhine).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɹænzˈɹɛneɪn/, /tɹɑːnz-/, /-ˈɹiːneɪn/

Adjective

transrhenane (comparative more transrhenane, superlative most transrhenane)

  1. From the eastern side of the Rhine; German.
    • 2014, Zoë M. Tan, “Subversive Geography in Tacitus' Germania”, in Journal of Roman Studies, 104, p. 199:
      In the Germania, then, the transrhenane environment consistently evades and confounds our gaze.
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