Continent

//ˈkɑntɪnənt//

Synonyms for "continent" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Strong matches (21)

Adjective(1 words)
celibate
Adjective(2 words)
decorousimperturbable
Noun(1 words)
encratite

Related words (36)

Adjective(4 words)
properrighteousstaidvirtuous

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Translations

187 translations across 125 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Amharic

1 entries
  • አሕጉር noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἤπειρος noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Antillean Creole

1 entries
  • kontinan noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Arabic

2 entries
  • قارَّة noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • قَارَّة noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Armenian

2 entries
  • աշխարհամաս noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • մայրցամաք noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Assamese

1 entries
  • মহাদেশ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Asturian

1 entries
  • continente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qitə noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡитға noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Basque

1 entries
  • kontinente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • кантыне́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • кантынэ́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • мацяры́к noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মহাদেশ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • महाद्वीप noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Breton

1 entries
  • kevandir noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • сдържан adj (exercising continence)
  • умерен adj (exercising continence)
  • контине́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • матери́к noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Burmese

1 entries
  • တိုက် noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • контіне́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Catalan

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 大陸 /大陆 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 大陸 /大陆 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 大陸 /大陆 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Cornish

1 entries
  • brastir noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Czech

3 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • pevnina noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • světadíl noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Danish

2 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • verdensdel noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Dari

2 entries
  • قَارَّه noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • قِطْعَه noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Dutch

2 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • werelddeel noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 大陸 /大陆 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kontinento noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Estonian

3 entries
  • maailmajagu noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • mander noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • manner noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Faroese

1 entries
  • heimspartur noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Finnish

2 entries
  • maanosa noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • manner noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

French

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Friulian

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Galician

1 entries
  • continente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კონტინენტი noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • მატერიკი noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

German

2 entries
  • Erdteil noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • Kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Greek

1 entries
  • ήπειρος noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ખંડ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • મહાદ્વીપ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 大陸 /大陆 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • יַבֶּשֶׁת noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Hindi

4 entries
  • खंड noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • भूखंड noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • महादेश noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • महाद्वीप noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • földrész noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • kontinens noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • világrész noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • heimsálfa noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • benua noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • kontinen noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • continente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • قارِّه noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • قِطْعِه noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Irish

1 entries
  • mór-roinn noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Italian

1 entries
  • continente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 大陸 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Javanese

1 entries
  • bawana noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಖಂಡ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құрлық noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទ្វីប noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Korean

1 entries
  • 대륙 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • континент noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • континент noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • материк noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Lao

1 entries
  • ທະວີບ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Latvian

2 entries
  • savaldīgs adj (exercising continence)
  • kontinents noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kontinentas noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • žemynas noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • контине́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Malay

1 entries
  • benua noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഭൂഖണ്ഡം noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • വൻകര noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠵᡠᠪᡴᡳ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Marathi

1 entries
  • खंड noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • banua noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • cuntinente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Mizo

3 entries
  • insum adj (exercising continence)
  • insumthei adj (exercising continence)
  • khawmualpui noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • тив noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • эх газар noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Māori

3 entries
  • paparahi noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • rawhaki noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • tuawhenua noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Nepali

1 entries
  • महादेश noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Norman

1 entries
  • continnent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • parzemîn noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • qare noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • qite noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Northwestern Ojibwa

1 entries
  • gichi-aki noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • kontinent adj (exercising continence)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Occitan

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Odia

1 entries
  • ମହାଦେଶ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • wanwa noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قطعه noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • континент noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Pashto

1 entries
  • قاره noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Weltdeel noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Polish

1 entries
  • kontynent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • continente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Romanian

1 entries
  • continent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Russian

2 entries
  • контине́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • матери́к noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • द्वीप noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • महाद्वीपा noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • mòr-roinn noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kontìnent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • контѝнент noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Silesian

1 entries
  • kůntynynt noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • کَنڊُ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • මහාද්වීප noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Slovak

3 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • pevnina noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • svetadiel noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Slovene

2 entries
  • celina noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Spanish

1 entries
  • continente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Swahili

1 entries
  • bara noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • mahinahon adj (exercising continence)
  • mapagpigil adj (exercising continence)
  • kontinente noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • lupalop noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Tajik

4 entries
  • континент noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • материк noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • хушкӣ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • қитъа noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கண்டம் noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кыйтга noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Telugu

2 entries
  • ఖండము adj (exercising continence)
  • ఖండం noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Thai

1 entries
  • ทวีป noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྐམ་ས་ཆེན་པོ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ኣህጉር noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kıta noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • materik noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • контине́нт noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • матери́к noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • суходіл noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Urdu

2 entries
  • بَرِّاَعْظَم noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • قارَّہ noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • قىتئە noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • كونتىنېنت noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • ماتېرىك noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • kontinent noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • materik noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • qitʼa noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • châu lục noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • lục địa noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • đại lục noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kontinän noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyfandir noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 大陸 /大陆 noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • וועלטטייל noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
  • קאָנטינענט noun (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)

Sample sentences

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Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.

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Migrants from the continent crossed the Japan sea.

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Europe is a continent of energetic peoples.

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The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.

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