pertinent

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpətɪnənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɚtɪnənt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

pertinent (plural pertinents)

1. (law) A right that attaches to land, in Scots law.

Adjective

pertinent (comparative more pertinent, superlative most pertinent)

1. Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pertinent

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, 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 (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 (ja) (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)

Further reading

• “pertinent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pertinent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “pertinent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.

Adjective

pertinent m or f (masculine and feminine plural pertinents)

1. relevant, pertinent

Derived terms

• pertinentment

Related terms

• pertànyer
• pertinença
• pertinència

Further reading

• “pertinent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pertinent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pertinent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pertinent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pertinent (first attested circa 1300), borrowed from Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. pertinent; relevant

   raisons pertinentes ― relevant reasons

2. judicious; justified

Derived terms

• pertinemment
• pertinence

Related terms

• appartenir
• impertinent

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

pertinent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pertineō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pertinent, ultimately from Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.

Adjective

pertinent m or n (feminine singular pertinentă, masculine plural pertinenți, feminine and neuter plural pertinente)

1. relevant

Declension

Declension of pertinent

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pertinent		pertinentă		pertinenți	pertinente
	definite	pertinentul		pertinenta		pertinenții	pertinentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pertinent		pertinente		pertinenți	pertinente
	definite	pertinentului		pertinentei		pertinenților	pertinentelor