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consistent

English

Etymology

From Latin consistens, present participle of c?nsist? (to agree with; to continue), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (beside, by, near, with)) + sist? (to cause to stand; to place, set) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh?ti (to be standing up; to be getting up), from the root *steh?- (to stand (up))).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?n?s?st?nt/
  • Hyphenation: con?sist?ent

Adjective

consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)

  1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]
  2. Compatible, accordant.
  3. (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Antonyms

  • contradictory
  • incompatible
  • inconsistent

Derived terms

  • consistent life ethic

Related terms

  • consist
  • consistence
  • consistency
  • inconsistent

Translations

Noun

consistent (plural consistents)

  1. (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
  2. (Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Hypernyms

  • (kind of penitent): penitent

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “consistent”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Further reading

  • consistency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • centonists

Catalan

Adjective

consistent (masculine and feminine plural consistents)

  1. consistent

Derived terms

  • consistentment
  • inconsistent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nsist?ns or French consistant (with vowel adaptation to Latin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?n.si?st?nt/, /?k?n.s??st?nt/
  • Hyphenation: con?sis?tent
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

consistent (comparative consistenter, superlative consistentst)

  1. consistent, coherent

Inflection

Derived terms

  • consistentie

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: konsisten

References


French

Verb

consistent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of consister
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of consister

Latin

Verb

c?nsistent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of c?nsist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French consistant.

Adjective

consistent m or n (feminine singular consistent?, masculine plural consisten?i, feminine and neuter plural consistente)

  1. solid
  2. consistent

Declension

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continent

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k?nt?n?nt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?k?nt?n?nt/, /?k?nt?n?nt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contin?ntem, noun use of present participle of contin?re (to contain).

Noun

continent (plural continents)

  1. Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
  2. (obsolete in general sense) A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
  3. (obsolete) Land (as opposed to the water).
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
      The carkas with the streame was carried downe, / But th'head fell backeward on the continent.
Hyponyms
  • Africa
  • America
  • Antarctica
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Europe
  • Eurasia
  • Gondwana
  • Laurasia
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Pangaea
  • South America
Derived terms
  • the Continent
  • continental
  • supercontinent
Translations
See also
  • (continents) continent; Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America (Category: en:Continents)

Etymology 2

From Middle English contynent, from Old French continent, from Latin continentem (continuous; holding together), present participle of contin?re (to contain).

Adjective

continent (comparative more continent, superlative most continent)

  1. Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 119:
      A celibate himself, he was of the opinion that marriage was something of a concession to human frailty, to save from fornication those who could not be continent, so it was better to marry than to burn with lust.
  2. Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
    • 1843, John McIntosh, The Origin of the North American Indians
      The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disjoined by sea of all that coast.
  3. (obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
Antonyms
  • incontinent
Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin contin?ns.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.ti?nent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kun.ti?nen/

Noun

continent m (plural continents)

  1. continent

Related terms

  • continental

See also

  • (continents) continent; Àfrica,? Amèrica,? Antàrtida,? Àsia,? Oceania,? Europa/?Nord-amèrica,? Amèrica del Nord/?Sud-amèrica,? Amèrica del Sud (Category: ca:Continents) [edit]

Further reading

  • “continent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “continent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “continent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “continent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?n.ti?n?nt/
  • Hyphenation: con?ti?nent
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French continent, from Latin contin?ns.

Noun

continent n (plural continenten)

  1. continent (landmass)
Synonyms
  • werelddeel
Derived terms
  • subcontinent
Descendants
  • ? Indonesian: kontinen

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin contin?ns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

continent (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly medicine) continent
  2. (obsolete) continent, morally restrained
Inflection
Related terms
  • incontinent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens, continentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??.ti.n??/

Noun

continent m (plural continents)

  1. continent

Derived terms

  • continental
  • sous-continent

Related terms

  • contenir

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: kontinan
  • Haitian Creole: kontinan
  • ? Romanian: continent

Further reading

  • “continent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

continent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of contine?

Middle French

Adjective

continent m (feminine singular continente, masculine plural continens, feminine plural continentes)

  1. continent (exercising restraint)
    Antonym: incontinent

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin contin?ns.

Noun

continent m (plural continents)

  1. continent

Related terms

  • continental

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens and/or from French continent.

Noun

continent n (plural continente)

  1. continent

Declension

Related terms

  • continental
  • con?ine

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