pertinence

Borrowed from French pertinence.

pertinence (countable and uncountable, plural pertinences)

1. The quality of being pertinent.

• pertinent
• pertain

• pertinency

• penitencer

From pertinent with the suffix -ence. Cf. also Late Latin pertinentia.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/

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• Homophone: pertinences

pertinence f (plural pertinences)

1. pertinence; relevance

• “pertinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.