continu
French, adjective/kɔ̃.ti.ny/
continu is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continu is a French adjective meaning “continuous, uninterrupted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont les parties ne sont pas séparées les unes des autres et tiennent les unes aux autres”.
What does continu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
continuous, uninterrupted
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont les parties ne sont pas séparées les unes des autres et tiennent les unes aux autres. 2. Qui est d’une durée sans aucune interruption. 3. Qualifie le soubassement d’une file de colonnes avec base et corniche. 4. Proportion continue : qualifie une proportion où le conséquent de la première raison est l’antécédent de la seconde.
noun: 1. Ce qui est continu. 2. Métier qui fonctionne sans s’arrêter. 3. Ensemble des nombres réels (en théorie des ensembles).
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 continu
- continue feminine
- continus masculine plural
- continues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continu?
- /kɔ̃.ti.ny/
- \kɔ̃.ti.ny\
- [kɔ̃.ti.ny]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continu in French?
continu appears 13 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).