interplanetary

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English planet

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusder.

Middle English -arie

English -ary

English planetary

English interplanetary

From inter- + planetary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (UK) /ɪntəˈplænɪtəri/, /ɪntəˈplænɪtri/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈplænɪˌtɛəri/, /ɪntɚˈplænəˌtɛri/

Adjective

interplanetary (not comparable)

1. Existing or occurring between planets.

   Humans are just beginning to explore interplanetary travel.

   • 1873, Jules Verne, “Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter III. Their Place of Shelter.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 170:

     "Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here."

   • 1956, Cyril Hume, Forbidden Planet, spoken by Cook:

     Him and me, we kind of got to toasting each others good health. Just for cordial interplanetary relations you understand.

   • 1976, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”, in 3:47 EST, performed by Klaatu:

     Calling occupants of interplanetary craft / Calling occupants of interplanetary / Most extraordinary craft / We've been observing your Earth / And one night we'll make a contact with you

   • 1994, “Space Cowboy”, in The Return of the Space Cowboy, performed by Jamiroquai:

     This is the return of the space cowboy / Interplanetary good vibe zone

Derived terms

• interplanetary medium
• interplanetary space

Translations

existing or occurring between planets

• Armenian: միջմոլորակային (hy) (miǰmolorakayin)
• Catalan: interplanetari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行星際 / 行星际 (zh) (xíngxīngjì)

• Czech: meziplanetární (cs)
• Danish: interplanetarisk
• Dutch: interplanetair (nl)
• Esperanto: interplaneda
• Finnish: planeettainvälinen (fi), planeettojenvälinen, interplanetaarinen (fi)
• French: interplanétaire (fr)
• German: interplanetarisch (de), interplanetar (de)
• Greek: διαπλανητικός (el) (diaplanitikós)
• Hindi: अंतरग्रहीय (antragrahīya)
• Italian: interplanetario
• Japanese: 惑星間の (わくせいかんの, wakuseikan no)
• Kazakh: ғаламшараралық (ğalamşararalyq)
• Latvian: starpplanētu
• Macedonian: меѓупла́не́тен (meǵuplánéten), меѓупланета́рен (meǵuplanetáren), меѓупла́нетски (meǵuplánetski)
• Norman: întèrplianétaithe
• Polish: międzyplanetarny (pl)
• Portuguese: interplanetário (pt)
• Romanian: interplanetar (ro)
• Russian: межплане́тный (ru) (mežplanétnyj), междуплане́тный (ru) (mežduplanétnyj)
• Sanskrit: अन्तरग्रहीय (antaragrahīya)
• Slovak: medziplanetárny
• Slovene: mèdplanetáren, ínterplanetáren
• Spanish: interplanetario
• Swedish: interplanetarisk (sv)
• Tagalog: pangkabuntalaan, kabuntalaanin