transoceanic
/ˌtɹæn.zəʊ.ʃiˈæn.ɪk/adjective
transoceanic is an adjective meaning “Beyond or on the other side of an ocean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-A-N-S-O-C-E-A-N-I-C and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does transoceanic mean?
adjective
- 1
Beyond or on the other side of an ocean.
Guam is a transoceanic territory of the United States.
- 2
Crossing an ocean.
Near-synonym: intercontinental
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce transoceanic?
- UK /ˌtɹæn.zəʊ.ʃiˈæn.ɪk/
Transoceanic has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of transoceanic
- more transoceanic comparative
- most transoceanic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is transoceanic?
Transoceanic appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Transoceanic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ultraoceânico |
| French | transocéanique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does transoceanic come from?
From trans- + oceanic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).