continuo

Meaning

Adj

1. continual, constant (done or extending without interruption)
2. continuous, adjacent (extending from one to another without interruption)
3. steady, persevering (continuing with one's task without interruption)
4. continual, nondiscrete (existing in an uninterrupted continuum)

Noun

1. (masculine) unity (an area extending without interruption)
2. (historical,masculine) vassal (a man bound to perpetual service to a king or similar lord, especially as a) man-at-arms or bodyguard
3. (historical,masculine) continuo (one of the 100 or so men-at-arms who formed the Spanish and Portuguese kings' perpetual personal guard)
4. (masculine) continuo (basso continuo)

Hyphenated as

con‧ti‧nuo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/konˈtinwo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuus.