continuo

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== continuo (plural continuos) (music) Ellipsis of basso continuo. === Etymology 2 === From Spanish continuo, ellipsis of hombre continuo (“constant and steadfast man”), from Latin continuus (“constant, continuous”). ==== Noun ==== continuo (plural continuos) (historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings. ===== Alternative forms ===== contino == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kun.tiˈnu.u] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [kon.tiˈnu.o] === Verb === continuo first-person singular present indicative of continuar == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === continuo m (plural continuos) continuo == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈtinwo/ [kon̪ˈt̪i.nwʊ] Rhymes: -inwo Hyphenation: con‧ti‧nuo === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin continuus. ==== Adjective ==== continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas) continuous ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Further reading ===== “continuo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== continuo (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of continuar == Italian == === Alternative forms === continovo (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈti.nu.o/, /konˈti.nwo/ Rhymes: -inuo, -inwo Hyphenation: con‧tì‧nu‧o, con‧tì‧nuo === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin continuus, derived from contineō (“to hold together”). ==== Adjective ==== continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continui, feminine plural continue) continuous Antonym: discontinuo ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== continuo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin continuō (“at once”). ==== Adverb ==== continuo (obsolete) continuously Synonym: continuamente ==== Further reading ==== continuo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 3 === Noun use of the adjective. ==== Noun ==== continuo m (plural continui) that which has continuity or continuousness (physics, philosophy) that whose perception cannot be broken down into various distinct elementary perceptions (by extension) a prolonged series (mathematics) continuum (set of real numbers) Hypernym: insieme ==== Further reading ==== continuo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== continuo first-person singular present indicative of continuare ==== References ==== === Anagrams === incutono == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtɪ.nu.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtiː.nu.o] === Etymology 1 === From continuus + -ō. ==== Verb ==== continuō (present infinitive continuāre, perfect active continuāvī, supine continuātum); first conjugation (transitive) to join, connect, unite, make continuous Synonyms: colligo, illigo, ligo, cōnserō, coniungo, consocio, iungo, contraho, concilio (transitive, time) to follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit Synonyms: persequor, sequor, cōnsequor, excipiō, exsequor (transitive) to extend, prolong, lengthen Synonyms: extendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōferō, prōtrahō, trahō, explicō (intransitive) to continue, keep on, do without pause, persist ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English (through Middle French): continue Catalan: continuar Occitan: contunhar French: continuer Italian: continuare Norman: caontinuaïr (Guernsey), continnuer (Jersey) Portuguese: continuar Romanian: continua Sicilian: cuntinuari Spanish: continuar === Etymology 2 === From continuus + -ō. ==== Adverb ==== continuō (not comparable) immediately, at once from the first Synonyms: statim, cōnfestim, īlicō, extemplō, prōtinus === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== continuō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of continuus === References === continuo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “continuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “continuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “continuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. continuo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Portuguese == === Verb === continuo first-person singular present indicative of continuar; "I continue" == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin continuus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈtinwo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪i.nwo] Rhymes: -inwo Syllabification: con‧ti‧nuo === Adjective === continuo (feminine continua, masculine plural continuos, feminine plural continuas) (of actions) continual, constant (done or extending without interruption) (of areas) continuous, adjacent (extending from one to another without interruption) (of people) steady, persevering (continuing with one's task without interruption) (of values) continual, nondiscrete (existing in an uninterrupted continuum) ==== Alternative forms ==== contino (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === continuo m (plural continuos) unity (an area extending without interruption) (chiefly historical) vassal (a man bound to perpetual service to a king or similar lord, especially as a) man-at-arms or bodyguard (historical) continuo (one of the 100 or so men-at-arms who formed the Spanish and Portuguese kings' perpetual personal guard) (music) continuo (basso continuo) ==== Alternative forms ==== continuum, contínuum ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “continuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 continuo | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas | RAE - ASALE