continu

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kunˈti.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [konˈti.nu]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

continu (feminine contínua, masculine plural continus, feminine plural contínues)

1. continuous

   Antonym: discontinu

Derived terms

• continuïtat
• contínuament

Related terms

• continuar
• continuat

Further reading

• “continu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French continu, from Old French [Term?], from Latin continuus. Originally appearing in Dutch as an adverb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.tiˈny/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nu
• Rhymes: -y

Adverb

continu

1. continuously

Adjective

continu (not comparable)

1. continuous (without break, cessation, or interruption in time)

Declension

Declension of continu
uninflected	continu
inflected	continue
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		continu
indefinite	m./f. sing.	continue
	n. sing.	continu
	plural	continue
definite		continue
partitive		continu's

Derived terms

• continuatie
• continueren
• continuïteit
• continuüm

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kontinu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French continu, borrowed from Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ti.ny/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Adjective

continu (feminine continue, masculine plural continus, feminine plural continues)

1. continuous, uninterrupted [from 1306]

   Antonym: discontinu

   • 1933, Henri Gaussen, Géographie des Plantes [Geography of Plants], Armand Colin, page 55:

     Des communications fréquentes, sinon continues, existaient à l'Éocène entre les contrées du Sud de l'Europe et le continent africain.

     Frequent, if not continuous, contact existed during the Eocene between the regions of southern Europe and the African continent.

Derived terms

• basse continue
• boîte de vitesses à variation continue
• continûment
• courant continu
• en continu

Further reading

• “continu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1303, borrowed from Latin continuus.

Adjective

continu m (feminine continue)

1. continuous; without pauses or gaps
2. (medicine, of a fever) steady; not variable

Descendants

• French: continu