intercontinental

From inter- +‎ continental.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/

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

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.

• intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM
• intercontinentally

From inter- +‎ continental.

• 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

intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentals)

1. intercontinental

From inter- +‎ continental.

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

1. intercontinental

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

Borrowed from French intercontinental.

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

1. intercontinental

• IPA^(key): /ˌinteɾkontinenˈtal/ [ˌĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧con‧ti‧nen‧tal

intercontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercontinentales)

1. intercontinental

• “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], 10 December 2024