epicontinental

See also: épicontinental

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ continental.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

epicontinental (comparative more epicontinental, superlative most epicontinental)

1. Located on a continental shelf

Derived terms

• epicontinental sea

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian epicontinentale.

Adjective

epicontinental m or n (feminine singular epicontinentală, masculine plural epicontinentali, feminine and neuter plural epicontinentale)

1. (geology) epicontinental

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	epicontinental		epicontinentală		epicontinentali	epicontinentale
	definite	epicontinentalul		epicontinentala		epicontinentalii	epicontinentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	epicontinental		epicontinentale		epicontinentali	epicontinentale
	definite	epicontinentalului		epicontinentalei		epicontinentalilor	epicontinentalelor

Spanish

Adjective

epicontinental m or f (masculine and feminine plural epicontinentales)

1. epicontinental

Further reading

• “epicontinental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28