kontinent

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

kontinent

  1. (geology) continent

Declension

Synonyms

  • qıta (used much wider than kontinent)

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

kontinent m inan

  1. (geology) continent
    Synonym: světadíl

Declension

Further reading

  • kontinent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kontinent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kontinent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

kontinent n (singular definite kontinentet, plural indefinite kontinenter)

  1. (geology) continent

Declension

Derived terms

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kontinent (genitive kontinendi, partitive kontinenti)

  1. (geology) continent

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • kontinent”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

kontinent (neuter singular kontinent, definite singular and plural kontinente)

  1. continent (not incontinent)
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

From Latin terra continens.

Noun

kontinent n (definite singular kontinentet, indefinite plural kontinent or kontinenter, definite plural kontinenta or kontinentene)

  1. (geology) a continent (large land mass)
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Latin terra continens.

Noun

kontinent n (definite singular kontinentet, indefinite plural kontinent, definite plural kontinenta)

  1. [(geology) continent (large land mass)

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontǐnent/
  • Hyphenation: kon‧ti‧nent

Noun

kontìnent m (Cyrillic spelling контѝнент)

  1. (geology) continent (large contiguous landmass)

Declension

Slovak

Noun

kontinent m inan (genitive singular kontinentu, nominative plural kontinenty, genitive plural kontinentov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. continent

Declension

Further reading

  • kontinent”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

kontinȅnt m inan

  1. (geology) continent (landmass)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. kontinènt
gen. sing. kontinênta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kontinènt kontinênta kontinênti
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kontinênta kontinêntov kontinêntov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kontinêntu kontinêntoma kontinêntom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kontinènt kontinênta kontinênte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kontinêntu kontinêntih kontinêntih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kontinêntom kontinêntoma kontinênti

Further reading

  • kontinent”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

kontinent c

  1. (geology) continent; a large contiguous landmass

Usage notes

Depending on how one makes the divisions, one may count between 4 and 7 kontinenter on Earth, maybe most often 5 or 6 (Antarctic, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and finally the Americas as either one or two). Only rarely would Europe and Asia be considered separate kontinenter. In contrast, the word världsdel denotes a cultural or historical division, comparable in size to a kontinent. This division is always done into 7 parts: Antarktis, Sydamerika, Nordamerika, Europa, Asien, Afrika and Oceanien.

Declension

Declension of kontinent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kontinent kontinenten kontinenter kontinenterna
Genitive kontinents kontinentens kontinenters kontinenternas

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

kontinent (not comparable)

  1. continent (able to control urination and defecation)
    Antonym: inkontinent

Declension

Inflection of kontinent
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kontinent
Neuter singular kontinent
Plural kontinenta
Masculine plural3 kontinente
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kontinente
All kontinenta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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