pertinent

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, present participle of pertinere (“to extend, stretch out, belong, relate, pertain, have concern”), from per (“through”) + tenere (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəːtɪnənt/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

pertinent (comparative more pertinent, superlative most pertinent)

1. important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

     Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:pertinent

Related terms

• impertinent
• pertain
• pertinence
• pertinency

Translations

pertaining

• Bulgarian: уместен, подходящ (umesten, podhodjašt)
• Czech: odpovídající (cs), relevantní (cs), vztahující se (cs), příslušný (cs), patřičný (cs) m, vhodný (cs) m
• Esperanto: laŭtema
• Finnish: osuva (fi), relevantti (fi), olennainen (fi)
• French: pertinent (fr)
• German: maßgeblich (de), wesentlich (de), bedeutend (de), relevant (de), in diesem Zusammenhang Bedeutung habend
• Greek: σχετικός (el) (schetikós), συναφής με ένα θέμα (synafís me éna théma)
• Hungarian: illő (hu), találó (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pertinente (it)
• Japanese: 当てはまる (Atehamaru)
• Manx: bentynagh
• Portuguese: pertinente (pt) m
• Russian: относящийся (ru) (otnosjaščijsja), принадлежащий (ru) (prinadležaščij)
• Slovak: príslušný, relevantný (sk)
• Spanish: atinado (es), pertinente (es)
• Swedish: relevant (sv), tillämplig (sv)

Further reading

• “pertinent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pertinent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “pertinent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pertinens, pertinentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

pertinent (feminine pertinente, masculine plural pertinents, feminine plural pertinentes)

1. pertinent; relevant
2. judicious; justified

Derived terms

• pertinence

Related terms

• appartenir

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pertinent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pertineō