adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a continent or continents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- continental drift
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
continental
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntl̩/
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rhymes with -ɛntəl
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CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N T AH0 N EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K AA2 N T AH0 N EH1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- continental Europe
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- continental breakfast
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
Examples
- continental money
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: European
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
Alternative form of continental, continental European.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 7
Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
Alternative form of continental, continental European.
Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, US, historical, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Someone from the continent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
A member of the Continental army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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noun
Meaning 11
Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 12
The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, obsolete
Examples
- not worth a continental
- I don't care a continental!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: European
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
A denizen of continental Europe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
A denizen of continental Europe
A denizen of the European Union
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, US, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 17
being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the continental United States
- continental Europe
- continental waters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: intercontinental
adjective
Meaning 18
of or relating to or characteristic of a continent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the continental divide
- continental drift
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 19
of or pertaining to or typical of Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a Continental breakfast
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 20
of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Continental Army
- the Continental Congress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From continent + -al.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَارِّيّ (qārriyy) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Belarusian: кантынента́льны (kantynjentálʹny) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Belarusian: кантынэнта́льны (kantynentálʹny) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Bulgarian: континентален (kontinentalen) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Czech: kontinentální — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Czech: pevninský — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Finnish: manner- — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Finnish: mannermainen — of or relating to a continent or continents
- French: continental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Galician: continental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Georgian: კონტინენტური (ḳonṭinenṭuri) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- German: kontinental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Greek: ηπειρωτικός (ipeirotikós) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Hebrew: יבשתי (yabashty) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Irish: mór-roinneach — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Italian: continentale — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Kazakh: құрлықтық (qūrlyqtyq) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Kumyk: континент (kontinent) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Manx: mooarheeragh — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Occitan: continental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Portuguese: continental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Russian: континента́льный (kontinentálʹnyj) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Spanish: continental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Swedish: kontinental — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Turkish: kıtasal — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Ukrainian: континента́льний (kontynentálʹnyj) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Welsh: cyfandirol — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Yiddish: קאָנטינענטאַל (kontinental) — of or relating to a continent or continents
- Czech: kontinentální — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Czech: pevninský — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Finnish: manner- — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Greek: ηπειρωτικός (ipeirotikós) — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Irish: mór-roinneach — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Manx: mooarheeragh — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Portuguese: continental — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Welsh: cyfandirol — in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands
- Bulgarian: европейски (evropejski) — characteristic of the style of continental Europe
- Czech: kontinentální — characteristic of the style of continental Europe
- Finnish: mannermainen — characteristic of the style of continental Europe
- Portuguese: continental — characteristic of the style of continental Europe
- Spanish: continental — characteristic of the style of continental Europe
- Welsh: cyfandirol — characteristic of the style of continental Europe
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