continente

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• continent

Etymology

From Borrowed from Spanish continente, from Borrowed from Latin continens, continentem. Compare with Aragonese continent, the patrimonial word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Further reading

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “continente”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• “continente”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/, [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/ [kon̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnɛnte/ [kon̪.t̪iˈnɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Related terms

• conter

Further reading

• “continente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.tiˈnɛn.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nèn‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continenti)

1. (geomorphology) continent
2. (geomorphology) mainland

Derived terms

• continentale

Related terms

• contenere

Adjective

continente (plural continenti)

1. moderate

Derived terms

• continentemente

Further reading

• continente¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• continente² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• contenenti

Latin

Noun

continente f

1. ablative singular of continēns (“continent”)

Participle

continente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of continēns (“holding together, containing”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tiˈnẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Hyponyms

• (continents) continente; África, América (América do Norte, América Central, América do Sul), Antártica/Antártida, Ásia, Europa, Oceânia/Oceania ^{(Category: pt:Continents) [edit]}

Related terms

• conter

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kontiˈnente]

Noun

continente n

1. indefinite plural of continent

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Hyponyms

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: es:Continents)}

Related terms

• contener

 

Descendants

• → Basque: kontinente
• → Tagalog: kontinente

Further reading

• “continente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10