"intercontinental" meaning in English

See intercontinental in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English continent English -al English continental English intercontinental From inter- + continental. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|inter-|continental|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English continent English -al English continental English intercontinental [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₁n̥tér", "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tér", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁entér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥ter", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "inter-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "continent", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "continental", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "intercontinental", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="intercontinental"> From inter- + continental. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} intercontinental (not comparable)
  1. Taking place between two or more continents. Tags: not-comparable Translations (between two or more continents): qitələrarası (Azerbaijani), міжкантынента́льны (mižkantynjentálʹny) (Belarusian), междуконтинента́лен (meždukontinentálen) (Bulgarian), intercontinental (Catalan), 洲際 /洲际 (zhōujì) (Chinese Mandarin), mezikontinentální (Czech), interkontinental (Danish), mannertenvälinen (Finnish), intercontinental (French), intercontinental (Galician), კონტინენტთაშორისი (ḳonṭinenṭtašorisi) (Georgian), საკონტინენტთაშორისო (saḳonṭinenṭtašoriso) (Georgian), interkontinental (German), διηπειρωτικός (diipeirotikós) (Greek), intercontinentale (Italian), 大陸間 (tairiku kan) (alt: たいりくかん) (Japanese), құрлықаралық (qurlıqaralıq) (Kazakh), 대륙 간 (daeryuk gan) (Korean), międzykontynentalny (Polish), intercontinental (Portuguese), intercontinental (Romanian), межконтинента́льный (mežkontinentálʹnyj) (Russian), medzikontinentálný (Slovak), intercontinental (Spanish), kıtalar arası (Turkish), міжконтинента́льний (mižkontynentálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), אינטערקאָנטינענטאַל (interkontinental) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-intercontinental-en-adj-FAkb0xRp Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with inter-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with inter-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'between two or more continents': 69 31
  2. Having the ability to travel between continents. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-intercontinental-en-adj-GvIP2tqD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with inter-, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with inter-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, intercontinentally
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "intercontinental ballistic missile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ICBM"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "intercontinentally"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "inter-",
        "4": "continental",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *-tér\nProto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nEnglish continent\nEnglish -al\nEnglish continental\nEnglish intercontinental\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*h₁n̥tér\", \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"in\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁én\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tér\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁entér\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*n̥ter\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"inter\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"inter-\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"inter-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"continent\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-al\", \"status\" : \"ambiguous\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"continental\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"intercontinental\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"intercontinental\">\nFrom inter- + continental.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *-tér\nProto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nEnglish continent\nEnglish -al\nEnglish continental\nEnglish intercontinental\nFrom inter- + continental.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "intercontinental (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "in",
        "ter",
        "con",
        "tin",
        "ent",
        "al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with inter-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Yiddish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              178,
              194
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taking place between two or more continents."
      ],
      "id": "en-intercontinental-en-adj-FAkb0xRp",
      "links": [
        [
          "continent",
          "continent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "qitələrarası"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
          "roman": "mižkantynjentálʹny",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "міжкантынента́льны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "meždukontinentálen",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "междуконтинента́лен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "zhōujì",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "洲際 /洲际"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "mezikontinentální"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "interkontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "mannertenvälinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "ḳonṭinenṭtašorisi",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "კონტინენტთაშორისი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "saḳonṭinenṭtašoriso",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "საკონტინენტთაშორისო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "interkontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "diipeirotikós",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "διηπειρωτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinentale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "alt": "たいりくかん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "tairiku kan",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "大陸間"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "qurlıqaralıq",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "құрлықаралық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "daeryuk gan",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "대륙 간"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "międzykontynentalny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "mežkontinentálʹnyj",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "межконтинента́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "medzikontinentálný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "intercontinental"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "kıtalar arası"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "mižkontynentálʹnyj",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "міжконтинента́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 31",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "interkontinental",
          "sense": "between two or more continents",
          "word": "אינטערקאָנטינענטאַל"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with inter-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the ability to travel between continents."
      ],
      "id": "en-intercontinental-en-adj-GvIP2tqD",
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "intercontinental"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with etymon",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁entér",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁én",
    "English terms prefixed with inter-",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "intercontinental ballistic missile"
    },
    {
      "word": "ICBM"
    },
    {
      "word": "intercontinentally"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "inter-",
        "4": "continental",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *-tér\nProto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nEnglish continent\nEnglish -al\nEnglish continental\nEnglish intercontinental\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*h₁n̥tér\", \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"in\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁én\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tér\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁entér\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*n̥ter\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"inter\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"inter-\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"inter-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"continent\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-al\", \"status\" : \"ambiguous\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"continental\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"intercontinental\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"intercontinental\">\nFrom inter- + continental.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *-tér\nProto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nEnglish continent\nEnglish -al\nEnglish continental\nEnglish intercontinental\nFrom inter- + continental.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "intercontinental (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "in",
        "ter",
        "con",
        "tin",
        "ent",
        "al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              178,
              194
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taking place between two or more continents."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continent",
          "continent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having the ability to travel between continents."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-intercontinental.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "qitələrarası"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "mižkantynjentálʹny",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "міжкантынента́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "meždukontinentálen",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "междуконтинента́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhōujì",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "洲際 /洲际"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "mezikontinentální"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "interkontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "mannertenvälinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "ḳonṭinenṭtašorisi",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "კონტინენტთაშორისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "saḳonṭinenṭtašoriso",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "საკონტინენტთაშორისო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "interkontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "diipeirotikós",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "διηπειρωτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinentale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいりくかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "tairiku kan",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "大陸間"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "qurlıqaralıq",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "құрлықаралық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "daeryuk gan",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "대륙 간"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "międzykontynentalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mežkontinentálʹnyj",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "межконтинента́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "medzikontinentálný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "intercontinental"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "kıtalar arası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "mižkontynentálʹnyj",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "міжконтинента́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "interkontinental",
      "sense": "between two or more continents",
      "word": "אינטערקאָנטינענטאַל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intercontinental"
}

Download raw JSONL data for intercontinental meaning in English (9.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.