transatlantic

adjective

trans·​at·​lan·​tic ˌtran(t)s-ət-ˈlan-tik 

ˌtranz-

1

a

: crossing or extending across the Atlantic Ocean

a transatlantic cable

b

: relating to or involving crossing the Atlantic Ocean

transatlantic airfares

2

a

: situated or originating from beyond the Atlantic Ocean

b

: of, relating to, or involving countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and especially the U.S. and Great Britain

transatlantic cooperation

Examples of transatlantic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Luna’s transatlantic, 13-night maiden voyage departs Civitavecchia (Rome) on March 10. —David Dickstein, Oc Register, 31 Dec. 2025

Black-eyed peas are native to West Africa and arrived to the US by way of the transatlantic slave trade. —Vogue, 30 Dec. 2025

Visitors begin in the History Galleries, which start with the transatlantic slave trade and move through Emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era. —Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025

There’s spirited devotional dancing, god-fearing testimony, a transatlantic journey, and—wait, was that a wood lathe? —Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for transatlantic

• unromantic
• antic
• frantic
• atlantic
• gigantic
• pedantic
• romantic
• semantic
• vedantic

Kids Definition

transatlantic

adjective

trans·​at·​lan·​tic ˌtran(t)s-ət-ˈlant-ik 

ˌtranz-

1

: crossing or extending across the Atlantic Ocean

a transatlantic cable

2

: located or coming from beyond the Atlantic Ocean

our transatlantic friends