continente

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• continent

Etymology

From Borrowed from Spanish continente, from Latin continens, continentem. Compare with Aragonese continent, the patrimonial word.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Further reading

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “continente”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• “continente”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Further reading

• “continente”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/ [kon̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnɛnte/ [kon̪.t̪iˈnɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Related terms

• conter

Further reading

• “continente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.tiˈnɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nèn‧te
• IPA^(key): (regional) /kon.tiˈnen.te/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nén‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continenti, relational adjective continentale)

1. (geomorphology) continent
2. (geomorphology) mainland

Related terms

• contenere

Further reading

• continènte² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Adjective

continente m or f by sense (plural continenti, adverb continentemente)

1. moderate (of a person)

   Alternative form: (archaic) contenente

Anagrams

• contenenti

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tiˈnẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Hyponyms

continents: continentesedit

• África
• América
  • América Central
  • América do Norte
  • América do Sul
• Antártida ~ Antártica
• Ásia
• Europa
• Oceania (Brazil and sometimes Portugal) ~ Oceânia (Portugal)

Related terms

• conter

Further reading

• “continente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “continente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kontiˈnente]

Noun

continente n

1. indefinite plural of continent

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontiˈnente/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧te

Noun

continente m (plural continentes)

1. continent

Hyponyms

continents: continentesedit

• África
• América
  • Norteamérica, América del Norte
  • Sudamérica, Suramérica, América del Sur
• Antártida
• Asia
• Europa
• Oceanía

Related terms

• contener

Descendants

• → Basque: kontinente
• → Tagalog: kontinente

Further reading

• “continente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025