"relevant" in seven languages
Meaningrelevant
Spanish
relevante
/releˈbante/
learned
Pertinente is a close synonym.
French
pertinent
/pɛʁtinɑ̃/
other source · Latin PERTINENTEM 'pertaining'
French relevant means 'coming under' (relevant de).
Italian
rilevante
/rileˈvante/
learned
Also 'considerable': una somma rilevante.
Portuguese
relevante
/heleˈvɐ̃tʃi/
learned
Romanian
relevant
/releˈvant/
borrowed · French and English relevant
Catalan
rellevant
/rəʎəˈban/
learned
English
relevant
/ˈɹɛləvənt/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin RELEVANS
English → ItalianrelevantrilevanteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RELEVANTEM‘raising up (from RELEVĀRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A trap in French: relevant means 'falling under' (relevant de la loi). Say pertinent — which English also has.
English relatives: relieve, relief, elevate, lever
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In a sentence
- esEso no es relevante.
- frCe n'est pas pertinent.
- itNon è rilevante.
- ptIsso não é relevante.
- roAsta nu e relevant.
- caAixò no és rellevant.
- enThat's not relevant.
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