intercontinental

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧con‧tin‧ent‧al

Adjective

intercontinental (not comparable)

1. Taking place between two or more continents.
   • 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:

     Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs.

2. Having the ability to travel between continents.

Derived terms

• intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM
• intercontinentally

Translations

between two or more continents

• Belarusian: міжкантынента́льны (mižkantynjentálʹny)
• Bulgarian: междуконтинента́лен (meždukontinentálen)
• Catalan: intercontinental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洲際 / 洲际 (zh) (zhōujì)

• Czech: mezikontinentální (cs)
• Danish: interkontinental
• Finnish: mannertenvälinen
• French: intercontinental (fr)
• Galician: intercontinental
• Georgian: კონტინენტთაშორისი (ḳonṭinenṭtašorisi), საკონტინენტთაშორისო (saḳonṭinenṭtašoriso)
• German: interkontinental (de)
• Greek: διηπειρωτικός (el) (diipeirotikós)
• Italian: intercontinentale (it)
• Japanese: 大陸間 (たいりくかん, tairiku kan)
• Kazakh: құрлықаралық (qūrlyqaralyq)
• Korean: 대륙 간 (daeryuk gan)
• Polish: międzykontynentalny (pl)
• Portuguese: intercontinental (pt)
• Romanian: intercontinental (ro)
• Russian: межконтинента́льный (ru) (mežkontinentálʹnyj)
• Slovak: medzikontinentálný
• Spanish: intercontinental (es)
• Ukrainian: міжконтинента́льний (mižkontynentálʹnyj)
• Yiddish: אינטערקאָנטינענטאַל (interkontinental)

Catalan

Etymology

From inter- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.tər.kun.ti.nənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.tər.kon.ti.nənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.kon.ti.nenˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentals)

1. intercontinental

French

Etymology

From inter- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intercontinental (feminine intercontinentale, masculine plural intercontinentaux, feminine plural intercontinentales)

1. intercontinental

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intercontinental.

Adjective

intercontinental m or n (feminine singular intercontinentală, masculine plural intercontinentali, feminine and neuter plural intercontinentale)

1. intercontinental

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intercontinental		intercontinentală		intercontinentali	intercontinentale
	definite	intercontinentalul		intercontinentala		intercontinentalii	intercontinentalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intercontinental		intercontinentale		intercontinentali	intercontinentale
	definite	intercontinentalului		intercontinentalei		intercontinentalilor	intercontinentalelor

Spanish

Adjective

intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentales)

1. intercontinental

Related terms

• continental
• continente

Further reading

• “intercontinental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10