Continent
21continent — I. Continent. s. m. Terme de Geographie, qui se dit d une grande estenduë de païs, qui n est point environnée d eau, à la difference des Isles qui en sont entourées. Les Geographes divisent le monde entier en deux grands continents, celuy de l… …
22CONTINENT — n. m. T. de Géographie Vaste espace de terre ferme que la mer entoure de tous les côtés. L’ancien continent. Le nouveau continent. Il se dit aussi de Grands espaces de terre ferme que la mer n’entoure pas de tous les côtés. Le continent européen …
23continent — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ African, Australian, North American, etc. ▪ entire, whole VERB + CONTINENT ▪ cross …
24continent — I. CONTINENT, ENTE. adj. Qui a la vertu de continence. Il est fortcontinent. II. CONTINENT. s. m. Terme de Géographie. Grande étendue de Terre ferme que la mer n entoure pas de tous les cotés. Les Géographes divisent le monde entier en deux… …
25continent — {{11}}continent (adj.) late 14c., self restraining, from O.Fr. continent and directly from L. continentem (nom. continens) holding together, continuous, prp. of continere hold together (see CONTAIN (Cf. contain)). Meaning moved from exercising… …
26continent — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin continent , continens, from present participle of continēre to hold in more at contain Date: 14th century 1. exercising continence 2. obsolete restrictive • continently adverb …
27continent — [[t]kɒ̱ntɪnənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ continents 1) N COUNT A continent is a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries. She loved the African continent... Dinosaurs evolved when most continents were joined in a single… …
28continent */*/ — UK [ˈkɒntɪnənt] / US [ˈkɑntɪnənt] noun [countable] Word forms continent : singular continent plural continents one of the very large areas of land on Earth that are usually divided into several countries the North American continent the continent …
29continent — n. on a continent * * * [ kɒntɪnənt] on a continent …
30continent — con|ti|nent1 [ˈkɔntınənt US ˈka:n ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: continens continuous area of land , from continere; CONTAIN] 1.) a large mass of land surrounded by sea ▪ the continents of Asia and Africa 2.) the Continent BrE old… …
