transpacific

adjective

trans·​pa·​cif·​ic ˌtran(t)s-pə-ˈsi-fik 

1

a

: crossing or extending across the Pacific Ocean

transpacific airlines

b

: relating to or involving crossing the Pacific Ocean

transpacific airfares

2

a

: situated or occurring beyond the Pacific Ocean

b

: of, relating to, or involving countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean

the transpacific economy

Examples of transpacific in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Study coauthor Yi Yang of Tsinghua University in China initially learned about its sighting shortly after arriving in San Francisco following a transpacific flight. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025

This is part of United's ongoing transpacific expansion. —Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

With these changes, Astro Mechanica is developing the world’s first supersonic aircraft with transpacific capability. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025

American’s major Pacific assets is a transpacific alliance with partner Japan Air Lines. —Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for transpacific

• calorific
• conspecific
• hieroglyphic
• honorific
• nonspecific
• scientific
• soporific
• subspecific
• unspecific
• horrific
• pacific
• prolific

Kids Definition

transpacific

adjective

trans·​pa·​cif·​ic ˌtran(t)s-pə-ˈsif-ik 

1

: crossing or extending across the Pacific Ocean

2

: located or occurring beyond the Pacific Ocean