pertinent

Borrowed from French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, present participle of pertinere (“to extend, stretch out, belong, relate, pertain, have concern”), from per (“through”) + tenere (“to hold”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəːtɪnənt/

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pertinent (comparative more pertinent, superlative most pertinent)

1. important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

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

• See also Thesaurus:pertinent

• impertinent
• pertain
• pertinence
• pertinency

• 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

Borrowed from Latin pertinens, pertinentem.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/

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

1. pertinent; relevant
2. judicious; justified

• pertinence

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• “pertinent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

pertinent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pertineō