continente

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Aragonese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

  1. continent

Further reading

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontiˈnente/,
  • 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

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

  1. continent

Further reading

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

Adjective

continente (plural continenti)

  1. moderate

Derived terms

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

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

  • Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

  1. continent

Hyponyms

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

continente n

  1. indefinite plural of continent

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

  1. continent

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • → Basque: kontinente
  • → Tagalog: kontinente

Further reading

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