different between transcontinental vs transcontinentally

English

Alternative forms

• trans-continental

Etymology

trans- +? continental

Adjective

transcontinental (not comparable)

1. Crossing or spanning a continent.

Translations

Noun

transcontinental (plural transcontinentals)

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

French

Adjective

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

1. transcontinental

Further reading

• “transcontinental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?anskontinen?tal/, [t??ãns.kõn?.t?i.n?n??t?al]

Adjective

transcontinental (plural transcontinentales)

1. transcontinental

English

Etymology

transcontinental +? -ly

Adverb

transcontinentally (not comparable)

1. In a transcontinental manner; across a continent.

   a telecommunications cable deployed transcontinentally