interdimensional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior

Latin dīmētior

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dīmēnsiōder.

English dimension

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English dimensional

English interdimensional

From inter- + dimensional.

Adjective

interdimensional (not comparable)

1. Between dimensions.

   The spaceship made an interdimensional jump.

   • 2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2025:

     “I’m not crazy,” she said. “I’m literally just living a normal life while also, you know, discovering interdimensional communication.”

Coordinate terms

• extradimensional

Derived terms

• interdimensionality
• interdimensionally

Translations

between dimensions

• Dutch: interdimensionaal
• Esperanto: interdimensia
• French: interdimensionnel (fr), inter-dimensionnel m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: ynterdiminsjonal, ynterdimensjonal

• Georgian: განზომილებათაშორისი (ganzomilebatašorisi)
• Greek: διαδιαστατικός (diadiastatikós)
• Hindi: अन्तरायामी (antarāyāmī)
• Russian: межпростра́нственный (ru) (mežprostránstvennyj)
• Swedish: interdimensionell, mellandimensionell

Noun

interdimensional (plural interdimensionals)

1. (science fiction) A hypothetical being that can move between dimensions.
   • 2012, Richard Grossinger, Dark Pool of Light, Volume Three: The Crisis and Future of Consciousness‎^[2]:

     By their own mysterious yardstick, extraterrestrials and interdimensionals choose the most unlikely individuals for close encounters of the third kind on up: for starters Gilliland, Whitley Strieber, Jim Moroney, Betty and Barney Hill.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾdimensjoˈnal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ð̞i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧di‧men‧sio‧nal

Adjective

interdimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdimensionales)

1. interdimensional