continent
French, noun/kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/
continent is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continent is a French masculine noun meaning “continent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Très grande étendue de terre qui présente une vaste continuité géographique, et que les océans entourent en…”.
What does continent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontinent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui pratique la continence.
noun: 1. Très grande étendue de terre qui présente une vaste continuité géographique, et que les océans entourent en quasi-totalité. 2. Très grande étendue de terre qui présente une vaste continuité des populations humaines. 3. Terre ferme, par rapport aux îles voisines. 4. Le continent européen, par rapport aux Îles britanniques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of continent
- continents plural
- continente singular feminine
- continentes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continent?
- /kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/
- \kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃\
- [kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continent in French?
continent appears 22 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).