pertinent

English

Etymology

From French, 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: /ˈpəːtɪnənt/

Adjective

pertinent (comparative more pertinent, superlative most pertinent)

1. important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii

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

Related terms

• impertinent
• pertain
• pertinence
• pertinency

Translations

pertaining

• Bulgarian: уместен, подходящ (bg) (umesten, podhodjašt)
• Finnish: osuva (fi), relevantti (fi), olennainen (fi)
• French: pertinent (fr)
• German: angemessen (de)
• Hungarian: illő (hu), találó (hu)
• Italian: pertinente (it)

• Manx: bentynagh (gv)
• Portuguese: pertinente (pt) m
• Russian: отсносящийся (ru) (otsnosjaščijsja), принадлежащий (ru) (prinadležaščij)
• Spanish: atinado (es), pertinente (es)

External links

• pertinent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pertinent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• pertinent at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /pER.ti.nA~/

Adjective

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

1. pertinent; relevant

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Latin

Verb

pertinent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pertineō