discontinuo

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Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin discontinuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.skonˈti.nu.o/, /di.skonˈti.nwo/[1]
  • 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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ discontinuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ continuō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to disunite
  2. to discontinue

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diskonˈtinwo/
  • Rhymes: -inwo
  • Syllabification: dis‧con‧ti‧nuo

Adjective

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

  1. broken, interrupted

Further reading