pertain

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Old French partenir (modern French appartenir), in turn from Latin pertineō, pertinēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɚˈteɪn/
• IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Hyphenation: per‧tain

Verb

pertain (third-person singular simple present pertains, present participle pertaining, simple past and past participle pertained)

1. (intransitive) to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct, attribute, or accessory of
2. (intransitive) to relate, to refer, be relevant to
3. (intransitive) To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable

Usage notes

• In all the above senses, pertain is followed by to (or formerly by unto, as in The King James Version of The Bible and in the plays of Shakespeare, although to is used in these works as well).

Quotations

(relate):

• 1989, Sort out any booklets or manuals that pertain to the heating system or any other fixture that you are leaving behind. — One's company, Underwood, Lynn, Southampton: Ashford.

Synonyms

• appertain

Antonyms

• be irrelevant

Related terms

• pertinent
• pertinence
• pertinency

Translations

to belong

• Catalan: pertànyer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 属于 (zh) (shǔyú), 从属 (zh) (cóngshǔ)

• Czech: náležet
• Dutch: behoren (nl)
• Finnish: kuulua (fi)
• French: appartenir (fr)
• Galician: pertencer (gl)
• German: gehören (de), verbunden (de)
• Hungarian: tartozik (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: riguardare (it), pertenere (it), attenere (it), spettare (it)
• Macedonian: принадлежи (prinadleži)
• Polish: należeć (pl)
• Portuguese: pertencer (pt)
• Russian: принадлежа́ть (ru) (prinadležátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: buin
• Slovene: nanašati se
• Spanish: pertenecer (es)
• Swedish: gälla (sv), höra till, tillhöra (sv)
• Turkish: âit olmak, ilgili olmak, mahsus olmak

to relate, to refer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有关 (zh) (yǒuguān)

• German: betreffen (de), sich beziehen auf
• Greek: αναφέρομαι (el) (anaféromai)
• Hungarian: vonatkozik (hu)
• Italian: riferirsi (it), riguardare (it)
• Macedonian: се однесува (se odnesuva)
• Norwegian: gjelde (no)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: odnosić się (pl)
• Portuguese: referir-se a
• Russian: относи́ться (ru) (otnosítʹsja)
• Slovene: nanašati se
• Swedish: angå (sv), beträffa (sv)
• Turkish: uygun olmak (tr), uymak (tr)

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Translations to be checked‌: "to relate, to refer"

• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: సంబంధించు (te) (sambandhiñcu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Painter, Parenti, apterin, painter, pine tar, repaint, terapin