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English
Etymology
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
Noun
pertinent (plural pertinents)
- (law) A right that attaches to land, in Scots law.
Adjective
pertinent (comparative more pertinent, superlative most pertinent)
- Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
1992, Rudolf M 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.
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Translations
pertaining
- Bulgarian: уместен, подходящ (umesten, podhodjašt)
- Catalan: pertinent
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 相關嘅／相关嘅 (soeng1 gwaan1 ge3)
- Czech: odpovídající (cs), relevantní (cs), vztahující se (cs), příslušný (cs), patřičný (cs) m, vhodný (cs) m
- Dutch: relevant (nl)
- 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)
- Italian: pertinente (it)
- Japanese: 当てはまる (Atehamaru)
- Manx: bentynagh
- Portuguese: pertinente (pt) m
- Romanian: pertinent (ro)
- Russian: уме́стный (ru) (uméstnyj), подходя́щий (ru) (podxodjáščij)
- Slovak: príslušný, relevantný (sk)
- Spanish: atinado (es), pertinente (es)
- Swedish: relevant (sv), tillämplig (sv)
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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.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pertinentem.
Adjective
pertinent m or f (masculine and feminine plural pertinents)
- relevant, pertinent
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pertinent (first attested circa 1300), borrowed from Latin pertinentem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pertinent (feminine pertinente, masculine plural pertinents, feminine plural pertinentes)
- pertinent; relevant
- raisons pertinentes ― relevant reasons
- judicious; justified
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Latin
Verb
pertinent
- third-person plural present active indicative of pertineō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pertinent.
Adjective
pertinent m or n (feminine singular pertinentă, masculine plural pertinenți, feminine and neuter plural pertinente)
- relevant
Declension