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transmanche

transmanche adjective: cross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France.

Adjective

transmanche (not comparable)

  1. cross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France.
    • Brussels lies at the intersection of the transmanche route via Lille to London and there will be further links to Paris, Amsterdam and Cologne.1994, Alan Harding, European Cities Towards 2000
    • However, the people who live there remain to their transmanche neighbours an enigma wrapped up in Gauloise smoke, a tribe more mysterious than the Hottentots.2008 July 21, David Cox, “If these are the sticks, I'll take a forest”, in The Guardian

Origin of transmanche

Borrowed from French transmanche (“cross-Channel”).

Questions about transmanche

What does transmanche mean?
Transmanche means cross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France.
What part of speech is transmanche?
Transmanche is an adjective.

Words near transmanche in the dictionary

  1. transmale
  2. transmales
  3. transmalleolar
  4. transmammary
  5. transman
  6. transmanche
  7. transmandibular
  8. transmania
  9. transmantle
  10. transmarginal
  11. transmarginal inhibition

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