continent

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• UK: /ˈkɒntɪnənt/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑntɪnənt/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑnt(ə)nənt/
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From Middle English contynent, from Old French continent, from Latin continentem (“continuous; holding together”), present participle of continēre (“to contain”).

Borrowed from Latin continens, noun use of present participle of continēre (“to contain”).

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: умерен (umeren) — exercising continence
• Bulgarian: сдържан (sdǎržan) — exercising continence
• Latvian: savaldīgs — exercising continence
• Mizo: insum — exercising continence
• Mizo: insumthei — exercising continence
• Norwegian: kontinent — exercising continence
• Spanish: continente — exercising continence
• Tagalog: mapagpigil — exercising continence
• Tagalog: mahinahon — exercising continence
• Telugu: ఖండము (khaṇḍamu) — exercising continence
• Afrikaans: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Albanian: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Amharic: አሕጉር (ʾäḥgur) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Antillean Creole: kontinan — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Arabic: قَارَّة (qārra) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Arabic: قارَّة (qārra, gārra) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Aragonese: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Armenian: մայրցամաք (mayrcʻamakʻ) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Armenian: աշխարհամաս (ašxarhamas) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Assamese: মহাদেশ (mohadex) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Asturian: continente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Azerbaijani: qitə — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Bashkir: ҡитға (qitğa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Basque: kontinente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Belarusian: кантыне́нт (kantynjént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Belarusian: кантынэ́нт (kantynént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Belarusian: мацяры́к (macjarýk) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Bengali: মহাদেশ (mohadeś) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Bhojpuri: महाद्वीप (mahādvīp) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Breton: kevandir — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Bulgarian: контине́нт (kontinént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Bulgarian: матери́к (materík) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Burmese: တိုက် (tuik) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Carpathian Rusyn: контіне́нт (kontinént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Catalan: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Chinese Cantonese: 大陸 /大陆 (daai6 luk6) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Eastern Min Chinese: 大陸 /大陆 (dâi-lṳ̆k) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hakka Chinese: 大陸 /大陆 (thai-liu̍k) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Chinese: 大陸 /大陆 (zh-min-nan) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 大陸 /大陆 (dàlù) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Wu Chinese: 大陸 /大陆 (6da-loq) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Cornish: brastir — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Czech: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Czech: světadíl — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Czech: pevnina — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Danish: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Danish: verdensdel — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Dutch: werelddeel — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Dutch: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Esperanto: kontinento — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Estonian: maailmajagu — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Estonian: manner — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Estonian: mander — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Faroese: heimspartur — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Finnish: maanosa — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Finnish: manner — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• French: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Friulian: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Galician: continente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Georgian: კონტინენტი (ḳonṭinenṭi) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Georgian: მატერიკი (maṭeriḳi) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• German: Kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• German: Erdteil — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Greek: ήπειρος (ípeiros) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Ancient Greek: ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Gujarati: ખંડ (khaṇḍ) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Gujarati: મહાદ્વીપ (mahādvīp) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hebrew: יַבֶּשֶׁת (yabéshet) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hindi: महाद्वीप (mahādvīp) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hindi: खंड (khaṇḍ) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hindi: भूखंड (bhūkhaṇḍ) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hindi: महादेश (mahādeś) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hungarian: kontinens — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hungarian: földrész — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Hungarian: világrész — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Icelandic: heimsálfa — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Indonesian: benua — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Indonesian: kontinen — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Interlingua: continente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Irish: mór-roinn — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Italian: continente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Japanese: 大陸 (tairiku) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Javanese: bawana — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Old Javanese: wanwa — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Kannada: ಖಂಡ (khaṇḍa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Kazakh: құрлық (qūrlyq) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Khmer: ទ្វីប (tviip) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Korean: 대륙 (daeryuk) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Kumyk: континент (kontinent) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Northern Kurdish: qite — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Northern Kurdish: parzemîn — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Northern Kurdish: qare — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Kyrgyz: континент (kontinent) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Kyrgyz: материк (materik) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Lao: ທະວີບ (tha wīp) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Latvian: kontinents — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Lithuanian: žemynas — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Lithuanian: kontinentas — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Macedonian: контине́нт (kontinént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Malay: benua — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Malayalam: ഭൂഖണ്ഡം (bhūkhaṇḍaṁ) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Malayalam: വൻകര (vaṉkara) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Maltese: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠪᡴᡳ (jubki) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Māori: tuawhenua — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Māori: rawhaki — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Māori: paparahi — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Marathi: खंड (khaṇḍa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Minangkabau: banua — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Mirandese: cuntinente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Mizo: khawmualpui — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Mongolian: тив (tiv) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Mongolian: эх газар (ex gazar) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Nepali: महादेश (mahādeś) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Norman: continnent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Occitan: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Odia: ମହାଦେଶ (mahādeśa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Northwestern Ojibwa: gichi-aki — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Pannonian Rusyn: континент (kontinent) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Pashto: قاره (qāra) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Dari: قَارَّه (qārra) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Dari: قِطْعَه (qit'a) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Iranian Persian: قارِّه (ġârre) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Iranian Persian: قِطْعِه (ġet'e) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Piedmontese: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Plautdietsch: Weltdeel — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Polish: kontynent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Portuguese: continente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Punjabi: ਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ (mahāndīp) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Romanian: continent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Russian: контине́нт (kontinént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Russian: матери́к (materík) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Sanskrit: द्वीप (dvīpa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Sanskrit: महाद्वीपा (mahādvīpā) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr-roinn — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Serbo-Croatian: контѝнент — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Serbo-Croatian: kontìnent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Silesian: kůntynynt — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Sindhi: کَنڊُ (kandu) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Sinhalese: මහාද්වීප (mahādwīpa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Slovak: svetadiel — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Slovak: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Slovak: pevnina — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Slovene: celina — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Slovene: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Lower Sorbian: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Upper Sorbian: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Spanish: continente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Swahili: bara — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Swedish: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tagalog: kontinente — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tagalog: lupalop — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tagalog: sanlupain — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tajik: қитъа (qit'a) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tajik: континент (kontinent) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tajik: хушкӣ (xuški) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tajik: материк (materik) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tajik: қорра (qorra) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tamil: கண்டம் (kaṇṭam) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tatar: кыйтга (qıytğa) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Telugu: ఖండం (khaṇḍaṁ) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Thai: ทวีป (tá-wîip) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tibetan: སྐམ་ས་ཆེན་པོ (skam sa chen po) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Tigrinya: ኣህጉር (ʾahgur) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Turkish: kıta — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Ottoman Turkish: قطعه (kıt'a) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Turkmen: materik — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Turkmen: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Ukrainian: контине́нт (kontynént) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Ukrainian: матери́к (materýk) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Ukrainian: суходіл (suxodil) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Urdu: بَرِّاَعْظَم (barr-i-a'zam) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Urdu: قارَّہ (qārra) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Uyghur: قىتئە (qit'e) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Uyghur: ماتېرىك (matërik) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Uyghur: كونتىنېنت (kontinënt) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Uzbek: qitʼa — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Uzbek: kontinent — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Uzbek: materik — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Vietnamese: đại lục — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Vietnamese: châu lục — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Vietnamese: lục địa — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Volapük: kontinän — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Welsh: cyfandir — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Wolaytta: ano biittaa — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Yiddish: קאָנטינענט (kontinent) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface
• Yiddish: וועלטטייל (veltteyl) — each of main land-masses on earth's surface