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trans·pon·tine \(ˈ)tranz|pän.ˌtīn, -n(t)|sp-\ adjective Etymology: trans- + Latin pont-, pons bridge + English -ine — more at find 1. : lying or situated on the other side of a bridge < transpontine night life > < transpontine newspaper > — opposed to cispontine 2. : resembling or characteristic of a class of melodramas once popular in theaters of the part of London south of the Thames |