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continental

See also: Continental

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Etymology edit

continent +‎ -al

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continental (comparative more continental, superlative most continental)

  1. Of or relating to a continent or continents.
    continental drift
    • 2012, Chinle Miller, “The Tectonic Forces of the Mesozoic”, in In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition, page 34:
      Offshore to the west of the continental margin during the Early Triassic, the Sonoma highlands formed a volcanic island arc, separated from the mainland by a shallow sea that cut through western Nevada and northwestern Utah.
    • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
      No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances.
  2. Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
    continental Europe
    • 1846 The Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland (A. Fullarton, Dublin) Vol.1 p.x "Introduction; Extent" :
      The outline of continental Ireland is proximately that of a rhomboid ; and, in a general view, is greatly more continuous or less indented and undulated by cuts and sweeps of the sea than the outline of continental Great Britain.
  3. (chiefly UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
    continental breakfast
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      at Monte Carlo or some of the other Continental gambling-hells
  4. (US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
    continental money

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  • (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands): mainland
  • (characteristic of the style of continental Europe'): European

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of "characteristic of the style of continental Europe"): British, English

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  • → Korean: 콘티넨털 (kontinenteol)

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Noun edit

continental (plural continentals)

  1. Someone from the continent.
    • 2012, Marjorie Senechal, I Died for Beauty: Dorothy Wrinch and the Cultures of Science:
      Reflecting on his long career chronicling scientists, J. G. Crowther wondered why it was that in the grand debates over the nature of light, x-rays, and cathode rays, the British opted for particles and the continentals for waves.
  2. (US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
  3. (US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
  4. (obsolete, by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
    not worth a continental
    I don't care a continental!

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Etymology edit

From continent +‎ -al.

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continental m or f (masculine and feminine plural continentals)

  1. continental

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French edit

Etymology edit

From continent +‎ -al.

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Adjective edit

continental (feminine continentale, masculine plural continentaux, feminine plural continentales)

  1. continental

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From continente +‎ -al.

Adjective edit

continental m or f (plural continentais)

  1. continental

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Occitan edit

Etymology edit

continent +‎ -al

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continental m (feminine singular continentala, masculine plural continentals, feminine plural continentalas)

  1. continental

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From continente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaw/ [kõ.t͡ʃi.nẽˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ti.nẽˈtal/ [kõ.ti.nẽˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ti.nẽˈta.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective edit

continental m or f (plural continentais)

  1. continental
  2. (chiefly Azores, chiefly Madeira) Portuguese from the mainland

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Noun edit

continental m or f by sense (plural continentais)

  1. (chiefly Azores, chiefly Madeira) Portuguese from the mainland

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French continental. By surface analysis, continent +‎ -al.

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continental m or n (feminine singular continentală, masculine plural continentali, feminine and neuter plural continentale)

  1. continental

Declension edit

Declension of continental
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite continental continentală continentali continentale
definite continentalul continentala continentalii continentalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite continental continentale continentali continentale
definite continentalului continentalei continentalelor continentalilor

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From continente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kontinenˈtal/ [kõn̪.t̪i.nẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧tal

Adjective edit

continental m or f (masculine and feminine plural continentales)

  1. continental

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