French Conversation · Level 45
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French word
continuum
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔ̃tinɥɔm/
Meaning
- masculine nouncontinuum
Example
On peut voir un continuum entre l'enfance et l'adolescence.
A continuum can be seen between childhood and adolescence.
More examples
Il existe un continuum entre le stress et la fatigue.
There is a continuum between stress and fatigue.
Core concept
A flowing line of linked stages with no sharp boundary between one part and the next.
Similar words
continuité: The state of remaining connected without interruption.
suite: A sequence of events or things that follows something else.
enchaînement: A connected sequence in which each element leads to the next.
Definition in French
État ou enchaînement où les éléments se succèdent sans rupture nette, formant une progression graduelle.
Word origin
The French noun continuum comes from Latin continuum, a substantive use of continuus, which describes things held together without interruption.
Usage tips
- The usual construction is un continuum entre A et B, with entre introducing the two ends or areas being compared.
Opposites
- discontinuitédiscontinuitynoun
- rupturerupturenoun
Related words
- continucontinuousadjective
- continuitécontinuitynoun
- continuercontinueverb