"pertinent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpətɪnənt/ [UK], /ˈpɝtɪnənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-pertinent.ogg Forms: more pertinent [comparative], most pertinent [superlative]
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  1. Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant. Hypernyms: connected Related terms: impertinent, pertain, pertinence, pertinency, pertinently [adverb], requisite, suitable Translations (pertaining): уместен, подходящ (umesten, podhodjašt) (Bulgarian), pertinent (Catalan), 相關嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 相关嘅 (soeng¹ gwaan¹ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), odpovídající (Czech), relevantní (Czech), vztahující se (Czech), příslušný (Czech), patřičný [masculine] (Czech), vhodný [masculine] (Czech), relevant (Dutch), laŭtema (Esperanto), osuva (Finnish), relevantti (Finnish), olennainen (Finnish), pertinent (French), maßgeblich (German), wesentlich (German), bedeutend (German), relevant (German), in diesem Zusammenhang Bedeutung habend (German), σχετικός (schetikós) (Greek), συναφής με ένα θέμα (synafís me éna théma) (Greek), illő (Hungarian), találó (Hungarian), pertinente (Italian), 当てはまる (Atehamaru) (Japanese), bentynagh (Manx), pertinente [masculine] (Portuguese), pertinent (Romanian), уме́стный (uméstnyj) (Russian), подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (Russian), príslušný (Slovak), relevantný (Slovak), atinado (Spanish), pertinente (Spanish), relevant (Swedish), tillämplig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pertinent-en-adj-hifXkqro Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 45 55 Synonyms: pertinent, applicable, apposite, apt, felicitous, germane, in point, material [legal, law], on point, on-topic, pertinent, relevant, salient, to the point [idiomatic]

Noun

IPA: /ˈpətɪnənt/ [UK], /ˈpɝtɪnənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-pertinent.ogg Forms: pertinents [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns, pertinentem. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|pertinent|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English pertinent, {{inh+|en|enm|pertinent}} Inherited from Middle English pertinent, {{der|en|fro|pertinent}} Old French pertinent, {{der|en|la|pertinēns|pertinēns, pertinentem}} Latin pertinēns, pertinentem Head templates: {{en-noun}} pertinent (plural pertinents)
  1. (law) A right that attaches to land, in Scots law. Categories (topical): Law
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Alternative forms

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