continental
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English continent
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English continental
From continent + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more continental
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most continental
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Continental
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: continentals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Continental
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to a continent or continents.
pos: adj
examples: continental drift
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.
No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances.
gloss: Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
pos: adj
examples: continental Europe
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.
gloss: Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
pos: adj
examples: continental breakfast
at Monte Carlo or some of the other Continental gambling-hells
gloss: Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
pos: adj
tags: US
historical
examples: continental money
gloss: Someone from the continent.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A member of the Continental army.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
gloss: Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
gloss: The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
obsolete
examples: not worth a continental
I don't care a continental!
Synonyms: characteristic of the style of continental Europe'
Antonyms: antonym(s) of
Derived words: amphicontinental
bicontinental
continental breakfast
continental crust
Continental Divide
continental divide
continental drift
continental drip
Continentaler
continental Europe
continental glacier
continentalism
continentalist
continentality
continentalization
continentalize
continentally
continental philosophy
continental plate
continental quilt
continental seating
continental shelf
continental shift
continental slope
continental time
continental time zone
continental United States
continental US
epicontinental
extracontinental
hypercontinental
intercontinental
intracontinental
microcontinental
midcontinental
multicontinental
noncontinental
palaeocontinental
paleocontinental
pancontinental
pluricontinental
semicontinental
subcontinental
supercontinental
transcontinental
trans-continental
tricontinental
uncontinental
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