continuum
Portuguese, noun/kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈũ/
continuum is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Continuum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver contínuo”.
What does continuum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontinuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver contínuo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of continuum
- continuuns plural
- continua plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce continuum?
- Brazil /kõ.t͡ʃi.nuˈũ/
- Brazil /kõ.t͡ʃiˈnwũ/
- Portugal /kõ.tiˈnwũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
continuum appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).