Meanings
comparative more pertinent · superlative most pertinent
- Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.
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 viiiSynonyms: applicable, apposite, apt, ad rem, well-placed, felicitous, germane, in point · Antonyms: nonpertinent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveImportant with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpertinēns, pertinentem
- Old Frenchpertinent
- Middle Englishpertinent
- Englishpertinent
Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian уместен, подходящ
- уместен, подходящ (umesten, podhodjašt)pertaining
Catalan pertinent
- pertinentpertaining
Chinese Cantonese 相關嘅 /相关嘅
- 相關嘅 /相关嘅 (soeng¹ gwaan¹ ge³)pertaining
Czech odpovídající, relevantní
- odpovídajícípertaining
- relevantnípertaining
- vztahující sepertaining
- příslušnýpertaining
- patřičnýpertaining
- vhodnýpertaining
Dutch relevant
- relevantpertaining
Esperanto laŭtema
- laŭtemapertaining
Finnish osuva, relevantti
- osuvapertaining
- relevanttipertaining
- olennainenpertaining
French pertinent
- pertinentpertaining
German maßgeblich, wesentlich
- maßgeblichpertaining
- wesentlichpertaining
- bedeutendpertaining
- relevantpertaining
- in diesem Zusammenhang Bedeutung habendpertaining
Greek σχετικός, συναφής με ένα θέμα
- σχετικός (schetikós)pertaining
- συναφής με ένα θέμα (synafís me éna théma)pertaining
Hungarian illő, találó
- illőpertaining
- találópertaining
Italian pertinente
- pertinentepertaining
Japanese 当てはまる
- 当てはまる (Atehamaru)pertaining
Portuguese pertinente
- pertinentepertaining
Romanian pertinent
- pertinentpertaining
Russian уме́стный, подходя́щий
- уме́стный (uméstnyj)pertaining
- подходя́щий (podxodjáščij)pertaining
Slovak príslušný, relevantný
- príslušnýpertaining
- relevantnýpertaining
Spanish atinado, pertinente
- atinadopertaining
- pertinentepertaining
Swedish relevant, tillämplig
- relevantpertaining
- tillämpligpertaining
Cite this entry
pertinent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertinent
“pertinent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pertinent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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