intergalactic

See also: intergalàctic

English

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intergalactic

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Etymology

From inter- +‎ galactic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intergalactic (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Occurring between galaxies.

   Coordinate terms: interstellar, interplanetary

   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.

   • 2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.

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2. (proscribed, science fiction) Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.
   • 2003 July 16, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:

     They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization.

Derived terms

• intergalactically
• intergalactic medium
• warm-hot intergalactic medium

Translations

occurring between galaxies

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: міжгалакты́чны (mižhalaktýčny) Catalan: intergalàctic Chinese: Mandarin: 星系際 / 星系际 (xīngxìjì) Czech: mezigalaktický Danish: intergalaktisk (da) Dutch: intergalactisch (nl) Esperanto: intergalaksia Finnish: galaksienvälinen (fi) French: intergalactique (fr) German: intergalaktisch (de) Greek: διαγαλαξιακός (el) (diagalaxiakós) Hebrew: בין־גלקטי (bengalákti) Hungarian: galaxisközi Irish: idir-réaltrach Italian: intergalattico (it) Japanese: 銀河間 (gingakan) Kabuverdianu: Badiu: intergaláktiku Kazakh: галактикааралық (galaktikaaralyq) Latvian: starpgalaktiku Norman: întèrgalactique Occitan: intergalactic Polish: międzygalaktyczny (pl) Portuguese: intergalático, intergaláctico Romanian: intergalactic (ro) Russian: межгалакти́ческий (ru) (mežgalaktíčeskij) Slovak: medzigalaktický Spanish: intergaláctico (es) Swedish: intergalaktisk (sv) Ukrainian: міжгалакти́чний (mižhalaktýčnyj)

Occitan

Adjective

intergalactic m (feminine singular intergalactica, masculine plural intergalactics, feminine plural intergalacticas)

1. (astronomy) intergalactic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English intergalactic or French intergalactique. By surface analysis, inter- +‎ galactic.

Adjective

intergalactic m or n (feminine singular intergalactică, masculine plural intergalactici, feminine and neuter plural intergalactice)

1. (astronomy) intergalactic

Declension

Declension of intergalactic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intergalactic		intergalactică		intergalactici	intergalactice
	definite	intergalacticul		intergalactica		intergalacticii	intergalacticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intergalactic		intergalactice		intergalactici	intergalactice
	definite	intergalacticului		intergalacticei		intergalacticilor	intergalacticelor