pertinence
French, noun/pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/
pertinence is spelled P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pertinence is a French feminine noun meaning “pertinence; relevance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est pertinent”.
What does pertinence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepertinence; relevance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est pertinent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pertinence
- pertinences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pertinence?
- /pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/
- \pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\
- [pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pertinence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pertinence in French?
pertinence appears 7.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).