continuum
French, noun/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ɔm/
continuum is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-U-M (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continuum is a French masculine noun meaning “continuum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble, espace ou séquence dont les éléments adjacents n’ont pas de différences saillantes et qui est…”.
What does continuum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontinuum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble, espace ou séquence dont les éléments adjacents n’ont pas de différences saillantes et qui est uniquement divisible de manière arbitraire. 2. (1905) Ensemble d’éléments homogènes. 3. (1935) Continuum espace-temps : espace quadridimensionnel dans la théorie de la relativité générale, dont la quatrième dimension est le temps.
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 continuum
- continuums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continuum?
- /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ɔm/
- \kɔ̃.ti.ny.ɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to continuum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is continuum in French?
continuum appears 1.3 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).