intercity

• inter-city

From inter- +‎ city.

intercity (not comparable)

1. Between cities; connecting cities with other cities.

   Synonym: interurban

   Antonyms: intracity, intraurban

   Coordinate terms: interprovincial, interregional, interstate

   I plan to catch an intercity train, or bus.

   • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):

     A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

intercity (plural intercities)

1. Something that runs between cities, such as a railroad.

• “intercity”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Borrowed from English intercity.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tərˈsɪ.ti/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ci‧ty

intercity m (plural intercity's, diminutive intercity'tje n)

1. intercity train

• intercitytrein

Unadapted borrowing from English intercity.

• IPA^(key): /in.tɛrˈsi.ti/
• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧ci‧ty

intercity n (indeclinable)

1. (rail transport) InterCity train (long-distance passenger train in Europe)

• intercity in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• intercity in Polish dictionaries at PWN