pertinence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pertinence.

Noun

pertinence (countable and uncountable, plural pertinences)

1. The quality of being pertinent.

Related terms

• pertinent
• pertain

Translations

the quality of being pertinent

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: уместност (bg) f (umestnost)
• Dutch: relevantie (nl) f
• French: pertinence (fr) f
• German: Maßgeblichkeit f, Erheblichkeit (de) f, Bedeutsamkeit (de) f, Wichtigkeit (de) f, Relevanz (de) f
• Greek: συνάφεια (el) f (synáfeia)
• Irish: ábharthacht f
• Italian: pertinenza (it) f
• Portuguese: pertinência (pt) f
• Russian: уместность (ru) f (umestnostʹ)
• Spanish: pertinencia (es) f
• Welsh: perthnasoldeb m, perthnasolrwydd m

See also

• pertinency

Anagrams

• penitencer

French

Etymology

From pertinent with the suffix -ence. Cf. also Late Latin pertinentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophone: pertinences

Noun

pertinence f (plural pertinences)

1. pertinence; relevance

Further reading

• “pertinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012