Trāns'at-lăn'tic, a.

a. [Lat. trans, across, beyond, and Eng. Atlantic; Fr. transatlantique, It. transatlantico. See TRANS.] Lying or being beyond the Atlantic.

☛ When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa, especially the former.