continuu

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *tenēō

Latin teneō

Latin contin(eō)

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Italic *-wos

Latin -uus

Latin continuuslbor.

Romanian continuu

Learned borrowing from Latin continuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈti.nu.u/, /konˈti.nuw/

Adjective

continuu m or n (feminine singular continuă, masculine plural continui, feminine/neuter plural continue)

1. continuous

Declension

Declension of continuu

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	continuu		continuă	continui	continue
	definite	continuul		continua	continuii	continuele
genitive- dative	indefinite	continuu		continue	continui	continue
	definite	continuului		continuei	continuilor	continuelor

Verb

continuu

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of continua