interplanetary

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ planetary

Adjective

interplanetary (not comparable)

1. Existing or occurring between planets.

   Humans are just beginning to explore interplanetary travel.

   • 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 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)
• 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)
• Slovak: medziplanetárny
• Slovene: mèdplanetáren, ínterplanetáren
• Spanish: interplanetario
• Swedish: interplanetarisk (sv)
• Tagalog: pangkabuntalaan, kabuntalaanin