# continente
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* continent

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontiˈnente/
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧te

### Noun

continente m (plural continentes)
* 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: /kontiˈnente/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

### Noun

continente m (plural continentes)
* continent (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin continens, continentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontiˈnente/ [kon̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
** Rhymes: -ente
* IPA: /kontiˈnɛnte/ [kon̪.t̪iˈnɛ̃n̪.t̪ɪ]
** Rhymes: -ɛnte
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

### Noun

continente m (plural continentes)
* continent

#### Related terms

* conter

### Further reading

* “continente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kon.tiˈnɛn.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnte
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nèn‧te

### Noun

continente m (plural continenti)
* (geomorphology) continent
* (geomorphology) mainland

#### Derived terms

* continentale

#### Related terms

* contenere

### Adjective

continente (plural continenti)
* moderate

#### Derived terms

* continentemente

### Further reading

* continente$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* continente$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* contenenti

## Latin
### Noun

continente f
* ablative singular of continēns (“continent”)

### Participle

continente
* ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of continēns (“holding together, containing”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tiˈnẽ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nen‧te

### Noun

continente m (plural continentes)
* continent

#### Hyponyms

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

#### Related terms

* conter

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kontiˈnente]

### Noun

continente n
* indefinite plural of continent

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontiˈnente/ [kõn̪.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: con‧ti‧nen‧te

### Noun

continente m (plural continentes)
* continent

#### Hyponyms

* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10