pertain

English

Etymology

From Middle English pertenen, from Old French partenir (modern French appartenir), in turn from Latin pertineō, pertinēre.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈteɪn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

   That spare wheel pertains to this car.

2. (intransitive) To relate, to refer, be relevant to.

   That question doesn't pertain to the topic, so I'm not going to answer it.

3. (intransitive) To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.
   • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 340:

     An explanation offered is that every Sabbath Va'ani Tefilati is said in praise of the people of Israel, who, though they eat and drink, read the Torah and pray. However, on Yom Kippur this does not pertain.

Usage notes

• In all the above senses, pertain is followed by to (or (archaic or poetic) unto).

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

Azerbaijani: mənsub olmaq, aid olmaq Bulgarian: принадлежа (bg) (prinadleža), спадам към (spadam kǎm) Catalan: pertànyer (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 属于 (zh) (shǔyú), 从属 (zh) (cóngshǔ) Czech: náležet (cs) Dutch: behoren (nl) Finnish: kuulua (fi) French: appartenir (fr) Galician: pertencer (gl) German: gehören (de), verbunden (de) Hungarian: tartozik (hu) 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 Slovak: prináleží Slovene: nanašati se Spanish: pertenecer (es) Swedish: gälla (sv), höra till, tillhöra (sv) Turkish: âit olmak, ilgili olmak, mahsus olmak Zazaki: aid biyen

to relate, to refer

Azerbaijani: mənsub olmaq, aid olmaq, dəxli olmaq Bulgarian: отнасям се (otnasjam se) Burmese: သက်ဆိုင် (my) (sakhcuing) Chinese: Mandarin: 有关 (zh) (yǒuguān) Dutch: betreffen (nl) German: betreffen (de), sich beziehen auf Greek: αναφέρομαι (el) (anaféromai) Hungarian: vonatkozik (hu) Italian: riferirsi (it), riguardare (it) Japanese: 関する (ja) (kan-suru), 関係する (ja) (kankei-suru) Macedonian: се однесува (se odnesuva) Norwegian: gjelde (no) Old English: belimpan Polish: odnosić (pl) impf się, nawiązywać (pl) impf, dotyczyć (pl), tyczyć Portuguese: referir-se a Russian: относи́ться (ru) (otnosítʹsja) Slovak: patrí, prislúcha, súvisí Slovene: nanašati se Swedish: angå (sv), beträffa (sv) Turkish: uygun olmak (tr), uymak (tr) Zazaki: hol biyen

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

Telugu: (please verify) సంబంధించు (te) (sambandhiñcu)

Anagrams

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