noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈɹɛl.ɪ.vən(t)s/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the relation of something to the matter at hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Narrower terms: materiality, cogency, point, applicability, pertinence, pertinency
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English relevant Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English relevance From relevant + -ance.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَلَاقَة
(ʕalāqa)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Arabic:
صِلَة
(ṣila)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Bulgarian:
уместност
(umestnost)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Catalan:
rellevància
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Chinese Mandarin:
相關性 /相关性
(xiāngguānxìng)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Czech:
význam
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Dutch:
relevantie
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
asiaankuuluvuus
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
asianmukaisuus
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
liittyvyys
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
merkityksellisyys
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
tähdellisyys
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
oleellisuus
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
olennaisuus
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Finnish:
relevanssi
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
French:
pertinence
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
German:
Relevanz
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
German:
Aktualität
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
German:
Belang
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Greek:
σχέση
(schési)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Greek:
συνάφεια
(synáfeia)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Hindi:
प्रासंगिकता
(prāsaṅgiktā)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Indonesian:
relevansi
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Irish:
ábharthacht
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Italian:
rilevanza
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Italian:
importanza
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Italian:
attualità
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Japanese:
関連性
(kanrensei)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Kazakh:
релеванттық
(relevanttyq)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Malay:
kerelevanan
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Malayalam:
പ്രസക്തി
(prasakti)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Manx:
bentynys
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Māori:
hāngaitanga
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Polish:
istotność
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Portuguese:
relevância
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Romanian:
relevanță
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Romanian:
pertinență
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Russian:
актуа́льность
(aktuálʹnostʹ)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Russian:
уме́стность
(uméstnostʹ)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Russian:
релева́нтность
(relevántnostʹ)
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Serbo-Croatian:
relevantnost
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Serbo-Croatian:
važnost
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Serbo-Croatian:
umjesnost
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Spanish:
relevancia
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Swedish:
relevans
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
Turkish:
ilgililik
— property or state of being relevant, pertinency
