continentalとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

continent +‎ -al

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntl̩/
• 韻: -ɛntəl
• ハイフネーション: con‧ti‧nent‧al

形容詞

continental (comparative more continental, superlative most continental)

1. Of or relating to a continent or continents.

   continental drift

   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England:

     No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances.

2. Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.

   continental Europe

   • 1846 The Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland (A. Fullarton, Dublin) Vol.1 p.x "Introduction; Extent" :

     The outline of continental Ireland is proximately that of a rhomboid ; and, in a general view, is greatly more continuous or less indented and undulated by cuts and sweeps of the sea than the outline of continental Great Britain.

3. (chiefly UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.

   continental breakfast

   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:

     at Monte Carlo or some of the other Continental gambling-hells

4. (US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

   continental money

同意語

• (in the main part of a country または region, as opposed to on one of its islands): mainland
• (characteristic of the style of continental Europe'): European

反意語

• (characteristic of the style of continental Europe): British, English

派生語

名詞

continental (複数形 continentals)

1. Someone from the continent.
   • 2012, Marjorie Senechal, I Died for Beauty: Dorothy Wrinch and the Cultures of Science:

     Reflecting on his long career chronicling scientists, J. G. Crowther wondered why it was that in the grand debates over the nature of light, x-rays, and cathode rays, the British opted for particles and the continentals for waves.

2. (US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
3. (US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
4. (obsolete, by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

   not worth a continental

   I don't care a continental!