contextual

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English context

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisder.

Latin -uālisder.

English -ual

English contextual

From context + -ual.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

contextual (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.

   Coordinate terms: (in texts) paratextual, peritextual, epitextual, subtextual, textual; (in pragmatics) compositional

Derived terms

• acontextual
• contextual criticism
• contextual inquiry
• contextualism
• contextualist
• contextualistic
• contextuality
• contextualization
• contextualize
• contextually
• intercontextual
• macrocontextual
• metacontextual
• microcontextual
• multicontextual
• noncontextual
• sociocontextual
• subcontextual
• transcontextual
• uncontextual

Translations

depending on context

• Catalan: contextual (ca)
• Czech: kontextový, související (cs)
• Dutch: contextueel (nl)
• Finnish: kontekstuaalinen, asiayhteydellinen
• French: contextuel (fr)
• German: kontextuell (de)
• Greek: συμφραστικός (symfrastikós)
• Indonesian: kontekstual (id)
• Italian: contestuale (it)
• Ladin: cuntestuel
• Manx: cohecksagh
• Polish: kontekstowy (pl)
• Portuguese: contextual (pt)
• Russian: контекстный (ru) (kontekstnyj), контекстовый (ru) (kontekstovyj), контекстуальный (ru) (kontekstualʹnyj)
• Spanish: contextual (es)
• Swedish: kontextuell (sv)
• Welsh: cyd-destunol

Catalan

Etymology

From context +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kun.təks.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təks.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kon.teks.tuˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuals)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualitzar

Further reading

• “contextual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “contextual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “contextual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti

Proto-Italic *teksō?

Latin texō

Latin contexō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin contextusbor.

Portuguese contexto

Portuguese -ual

Portuguese contextual

From contexto (“context”) + -ual.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tes.tuˈaw/ [kõ.tes.tuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /kõ.tesˈtwaw/ [kõ.tesˈtwaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tes.tuˈaw/ [kõ.tes.tuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /kõ.tesˈtwaw/ [kõ.tesˈtwaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.teʃ.tuˈaw/ [kõ.teʃ.tuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /kõ.teʃˈtwaw/ [kõ.teʃˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐjʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tɐjʃˈtwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐjʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tɐjʃˈtwaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tejʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tejʃˈtwaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tejʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tejʃˈtwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.teʃˈtwa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: con‧tex‧tu‧al

Adjective

contextual m or f (plural contextuais)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualizar
• contextualmente

Related terms

• contexto

Further reading

• “contextual”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “contextual”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “contextual”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “contextual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “contextual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contextuel. By surface analysis, context +‎ -ual.

Adjective

contextual m or n (feminine singular contextuală, masculine plural contextuali, feminine/neuter plural contextuale)

1. contextual

Declension

Declension of contextual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	contextual		contextuală	contextuali	contextuale
	definite	contextualul		contextuala	contextualii	contextualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	contextual		contextuale	contextuali	contextuale
	definite	contextualului		contextualei	contextualilor	contextualelor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti

Proto-Italic *teksō?

Latin texō

Latin contexō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin contextusbor.

Spanish contexto

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish contextual

From contexto + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konteɡsˈtwal/ [kõn̪.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧tex‧tual

Adjective

contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuales)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualizar
• contextualmente

Further reading

• “contextual”, 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