discontinuo

See also: discontinuó, and discontinúo

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin discontinuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.skonˈti.nu.o/, /di.skonˈti.nwo/
• Rhymes: -inuo, -inwo
• Hyphenation: di‧scon‧tì‧nu‧o, di‧scon‧tì‧nuo

Adjective

discontinuo (feminine discontinua, masculine plural discontinui, feminine plural discontinue)

1. broken, discontinuous
2. uneven, patchy, ragged, inconstant, desultory

Antonyms

• continuo

Derived terms

• discontinuamente
• discontinuità

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ continuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dis.konˈti.nu.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠kɔn̪ˈt̪ɪnuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.konˈti.nu.o/, [d̪iskon̪ˈt̪iːnuo]

Verb

discontinuō (present infinitive discontinuāre, perfect active discontinuāvī, supine discontinuātum); first conjugation

1. to disunite
2. to discontinue

Conjugation

Conjugation of discontinuō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	discontinuō	discontinuās	discontinuat	discontinuāmus	discontinuātis	discontinuant
	imperfect	discontinuābam	discontinuābās	discontinuābat	discontinuābāmus	discontinuābātis	discontinuābant
	future	discontinuābō	discontinuābis	discontinuābit	discontinuābimus	discontinuābitis	discontinuābunt
	perfect	discontinuāvī	discontinuāvistī	discontinuāvit	discontinuāvimus	discontinuāvistis	discontinuāvērunt, discontinuāvēre
	pluperfect	discontinuāveram	discontinuāverās	discontinuāverat	discontinuāverāmus	discontinuāverātis	discontinuāverant
	future perfect	discontinuāverō	discontinuāveris	discontinuāverit	discontinuāverimus	discontinuāveritis	discontinuāverint
passive	present	discontinuor	discontinuāris, discontinuāre	discontinuātur	discontinuāmur	discontinuāminī	discontinuantur
	imperfect	discontinuābar	discontinuābāris, discontinuābāre	discontinuābātur	discontinuābāmur	discontinuābāminī	discontinuābantur
	future	discontinuābor	discontinuāberis, discontinuābere	discontinuābitur	discontinuābimur	discontinuābiminī	discontinuābuntur
	perfect	discontinuātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	discontinuātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	discontinuātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	discontinuem	discontinuēs	discontinuet	discontinuēmus	discontinuētis	discontinuent
	imperfect	discontinuārem	discontinuārēs	discontinuāret	discontinuārēmus	discontinuārētis	discontinuārent
	perfect	discontinuāverim	discontinuāverīs	discontinuāverit	discontinuāverīmus	discontinuāverītis	discontinuāverint
	pluperfect	discontinuāvissem	discontinuāvissēs	discontinuāvisset	discontinuāvissēmus	discontinuāvissētis	discontinuāvissent
passive	present	discontinuer	discontinuēris, discontinuēre	discontinuētur	discontinuēmur	discontinuēminī	discontinuentur
	imperfect	discontinuārer	discontinuārēris, discontinuārēre	discontinuārētur	discontinuārēmur	discontinuārēminī	discontinuārentur
	perfect	discontinuātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	discontinuātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	discontinuā	—	—	discontinuāte	—
	future	—	discontinuātō	discontinuātō	—	discontinuātōte	discontinuantō
passive	present	—	discontinuāre	—	—	discontinuāminī	—
	future	—	discontinuātor	discontinuātor	—	—	discontinuantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		discontinuāre	discontinuāvisse	discontinuātūrum esse	discontinuārī	discontinuātum esse	discontinuātum īrī
participles		discontinuāns	—	discontinuātūrus	—	discontinuātus	discontinuandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		discontinuandī	discontinuandō	discontinuandum	discontinuandō	discontinuātum	discontinuātū

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diskonˈtinwo/ [d̪is.kõn̪ˈt̪i.nwo]
• Rhymes: -inwo
• Syllabification: dis‧con‧ti‧nuo

Adjective

discontinuo (feminine discontinua, masculine plural discontinuos, feminine plural discontinuas)

1. broken, interrupted

Further reading

• “discontinuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28