Continent

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See also: continent and continnent

English

Proper noun

the Continent

  1. (obsolete) The Old World.
    • 1652, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie:
      the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Synonym of Europe (including Britain)
  3. (UK, Ireland) Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.

Derived terms

Noun

Continent (plural Continents)

  1. An Encratite.

Further reading

German

Noun

Continent m (strong, genitive Continentes or Continents, plural Continente)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Kontinent which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension

Declension of Continent
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Continent die Continente
genitive eines des Continentes, Continents der Continente
dative einem dem Continent, Continente1 den Continenten
accusative einen den Continent die Continente

1Now rare, see notes.

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