continental en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/ (General-American)
Etymology
From continent + -al.
Meanings
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Of or relating to a continent or continents.
No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances.
1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC: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.
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:
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Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
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.
1846 The Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland (A. Fullarton, Dublin) Vol.1 p.x "Introduction; Extent"continental Europe
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Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
at Monte Carlo or some of the other Continental gambling-hells
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:continental breakfast
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(US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
continental money
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more continental | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most continental | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
continental time zone · continental philosophy · noncontinental · transcontinental · bicontinental · continental drip · continentality · amphicontinental · continental plate · continental drift · Continentaler · uncontinental · continental seating · continentalization · trans-continental · continental crust · continental Europe · continental shift · pluricontinental · continental time · continental United States · multicontinental · intracontinental · continentally · midcontinental · continental shelf · continental breakfast · continentalist · epicontinental · continental glacier · extracontinental · Continental System · hypercontinental · pancontinental · paleocontinental · supercontinental · microcontinental · continental slope · subcontinental · semicontinental · continental US · palaeocontinental · Continental Divide · intercontinental · tricontinental · continental quilt · continentalize · continental divide · continentalism
Descendants
Synonyms
characteristic of the style of continental Europe' · mainland (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
Translations (42)
cy cyfandirol (of or relating to a continent or continents) · ga mór-roinneach (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · be кантынента́льны (of or relating to a continent or continents) · es continental (characteristic of the style of continental Europe) · cy cyfandirol (characteristic of the style of continental Europe) · ga mór-roinneach (of or relating to a continent or continents) · kum континент (of or relating to a continent or continents) · cs kontinentální (of or relating to a continent or continents) · gv mooarheeragh (of or relating to a continent or continents) · cs pevninský (of or relating to a continent or continents) · oc continental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · cy cyfandirol (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · bg европейски (characteristic of the style of continental Europe) · fi mannermainen (characteristic of the style of continental Europe) · fr continental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · el ηπειρωτικός (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · cs kontinentální (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · ka კონტინენტური (of or relating to a continent or continents) · pt continental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · fi manner- (of or relating to a continent or continents) · tr kıtasal (of or relating to a continent or continents) · he יבשתי (of or relating to a continent or continents) · cs pevninský (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · it continentale (of or relating to a continent or continents) · ar قَارِّيّ (of or relating to a continent or continents) · fi mannermainen (of or relating to a continent or continents) · gl continental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · fi manner- (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · pt continental (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · bg континентален (of or relating to a continent or continents) · es continental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · ru континента́льный (of or relating to a continent or continents) · kk құрлықтық (of or relating to a continent or continents) · sv kontinental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · de kontinental (of or relating to a continent or continents) · uk континента́льний (of or relating to a continent or continents) · yi קאָנטינענטאַל (of or relating to a continent or continents) · pt continental (characteristic of the style of continental Europe) · gv mooarheeragh (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands) · cs kontinentální (characteristic of the style of continental Europe) · be кантынэнта́льны (of or relating to a continent or continents) · el ηπειρωτικός (of or relating to a continent or continents)