Pertain

Definitions: Pertain

Pertain

Verb

1. Be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk".

2. Be a part or attribute of.

Date "pertain" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Note: Pertain \Per*tain"\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Pertained; present participle verb or noun Pertaining.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Pertain

Synonyms: appertain (v), bear on (v), come to (v), concern (v), refer (v), relate (v), touch (v), touch on (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Class	Verb: be included in; come under, fall under, range under; belong to, pertain to; range with; merge in.
Duty	Verb: be the duty of; be incumbent; Adjective: on, be responsible; Adjective: behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself; (promise); be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility; Noun: be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.
Possession	Belong to, appertain to, pertain to; be in one's possession; Adjective: vest in.
Power	Belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can, be able.
Property	Be one's property; Noun: belong to; appertain to, pertain to.
Relation	Verb: be related; Adjective: have a relation; Noun: relate to, refer to; bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to, belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Brief Treatise on Ratios That Pertain to Music and Little Treatise on the Method of Dividing the Monochord (Greek and Latin Music Theory) (reference) Review of State Water Quality Standards Which Pertain to Nutrient Enrichment (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If subsequent analysis of 5-FU/levamisole demonstrates significant benefit for Stage II patients, identical recommendations for trial or nontrial patients would pertain. (references)
Business		The German Law for Foodstuffs and Commodities (LMBG - Lebensmittel und Bedarfsgegenstaendegesetz) regulates foodstuffs and all commodities, which may come in contact with the human, body "not only for a short time." With very few exceptions, textiles pertain to these statutes. (references)
Civil Liberties	India	Religion-specific laws pertain in matters of marriage, divorce, adoption, and inheritance. (references)
	Zambia	An office for religious affairs at the level of deputy minister in the President's Office at State House is responsible for dealing with issues that pertain to religion and worship, and to the promotion of state-church understanding and interfaith dialog. (references)
Economic History	Israel	Effective since December 1996, Israel implements Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) that pertain to a specific list of U.S. products. (references)
Political Economy	CANADA	The Canadian government is currently reviewing its copyright laws as they pertain to digital copyright issues and compulsory licensing with respect to the Internet. (references)
Political Rights	Russia	The Constitutional Court was expected to rule on Voting Rights Act provisions that pertain to holding referendums, which may compel lawmakers to reconsider the law. (references)
Trade	Uae	Agency law does not pertain to food products. (references)
Travel	Uzbekistan	Other rules pertain to citizens of other countries. (references)
Worker Rights	Mali	The Labor Code has specific policies that pertain to child labor; however, these regulations often are ignored in practice. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Franklin Pierce	1853-1857	The rights which belong to us as a nation are not alone to be regarded, but those which pertain to every citizen in his individual capacity, at home and abroad, must be sacredly maintained.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Pertain" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 46.15% of the time. "Pertain" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	46.15%	12	101,599
Lexical Verb (base form)	42.31%	11	106,044
Noun (singular)	11.54%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	26	N/A

Expression using "pertain": pertain to. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "pertain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përkas (appertain, befall, belong, fall into, regard, touch), takon (be due to smb.), lidhem me (league, partner), i shkon për shtat. (various references)

Arabic		‏ناسب مع, ‏تعلق (affection, appertain, attach, become attached, cherish, cleave, concern, crush, depend, fixation, hold of smth., respect, snag, stick by smb., touch, treasure), ‏تبع ل, ‏خص (allot, apportion, belong, exhort, relate, serve), ‏إنسجم مع (agree, comport, get on well with smb., harmonization, jibe, team), ‏إتصل (approach, communicate, connect, contact, join, reach, relate, respect), ‏إختص ب (appertain, particularize). (various references)

Bulgarian		свойствен съм на, спадам към, отнасям се (appertain, apply, refer, regard), принадлежа (appertain, belong, inhere in), подобавам (become, befit, behoove, beseem), имам връзка (connect). (various references)

Chinese		附属 (Adjunct, Affiliated, Pertained, Pertaining, subordination). (various references)

Czech		přináležet, příslušet, týkat se (appertain, apply, bear, concern, involve, regard, relate). (various references)

Farsi		مناسب (Able, Adaptable, Adequate, Apposite, Appropriate, Apt, Becoming, Convenient, Expedient, Fit, Material, Meet, Moderate, Opportune, Proper, Relevant, Suitable, Winsome), متعلق بودن , مربوطبودن (Depend), وابسته بودن (Belong, Depend). (various references)

Finnish		kuulua (be among, be audible, be heard, belong to, pertain to). (various references)

French		se rattacher à, se rapporter à, dépendre de, avoir rapport, appartenir à, appartenir. (various references)

German		gehören (appertain, be fitting, befit, belong, belong to, deserve, to appertain, to belong, to belong to, to pertain), betreffen (affect, appertain, apply, bear upon, concern, involve, regard, to affect, to concern, to pertain). (various references)

Greek		προσήκω, ανήκω (appertain, belong, pertain to, reside in), αναφέρομαι (advert, allude to, refer, relate). (various references)

Hebrew		להיות שיך (appertain, belong), להיות קשור ל-. (various references)

Hungarian		vonatkozik (concern, to apply, to concern, to refer, to regard), tartozik valahová (belong in), hozzátartozik (belong to, to inhere). (various references)

Indonesian		menyinggung (allude, contact, insult, offend). (various references)

Italian		spettare (be due, be for, be up to, belong), riguardare (affect, apply, concern, examine, look at, refer, regard, touch), riferirsi (appertain, refer, relate). (various references)

Korean		적절하십시요. (various references)

Manx		bentyn da (belong, relate, relation, relevant, touch, vis-\o'a-'-vis). (various references)

Pig Latin		ertainpay

Portuguese		pertencer (appertain, belong, belong to, go, inhere), vivo (above ground, active, acute, adroit, agile, alert, alive, argute, bobbish, bouncing, brainy, breezy, bright, brisk, buoyant, chirpy, clear-sighted, clinking, coltish, Cork, Corky, crisp, dapper, diagram, fervently, frit, gauffer, gay, graphic card, graphically, hasty, hurry, intense, juicy, keen, kittenish, knowing, light, lightsome, live, lively, living, lummox, lute, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, nimbleness, Nirvana, parlance, perm, piddle, poignantly, quick, racy, rattling, resilient, shrewd, smart, spanking, speaking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, subtil, subtile, subtle, swift, swift-handed, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, watchful, zippy), ser propriedade de, ser próprio de (appertain, befit, belong), referir-se (advert, appertain, mention), dizer respeito a (belong, import, regard, touch upon). (various references)

Romanian		sta bine (beseem, pertain to), se referi (advert to, apply to, belong with, make reference to, mean, notice, pertain to, refer into, regard, respect), fi propriu (pertain to), aparţine (belong, hail, pertain to). (various references)

Russian		относиться (appertain, concern, regard). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ticati se (concern, regard), odnositi se (appertain, refer). (various references)

Spanish		pertenecer (appertain, belong, come under). (various references)

Swedish		tillhöra (appertain, appertain to, be part of smb.'s realm, belong, belong to, inhere), angå (concern, respect). (various references)

Turkish		yakışmak (assort, become, befit, behoove, behove, comport, fit, go together, suit), uymak (abide by, accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), uygun olmak (apply, be all of a piece with, be cut out for, be designed to, be equal to, be in accordance with, be suitable, belong, beseem, lend itself to, match, pass muster, suit), ilgili olmak (appertain, apply, be interested in, be pertinent to, belong, bound up with, come to, connect, refer, regard, relate), dair olmak, ait olmak (appertain, belong to, cocern, refer, regard, relate, reside). (various references)

Ukranian		належати (appertain, inhere, reside), личити (become, befit, beseem, suit), бути властивим (attach, inhere), підходити (approach, become, befall, befit, beseem, come up to, draw on, like, near, nigh, satisfy). (various references)

Welsh		perthyn (appertain, be related, belong), deiryd (belong). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	pertinere. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	belimpan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 15, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ecw oun kauchsin en cristw ihsou ta proV qeon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Habeo igitur gloriam in Christo Iesu ad Deum
Old English	990	West Saxon	Forþy wuldrie ic in Cristum Iesum in minum þeowscipe for Gode.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Therfor Y haue glorie in Crist Jhesu to God.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	I have therfore wherof I maye reioyse in Christ Iesu in tho thinges which pertayne to God.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	I have therefore cause for glorying through Jesus Christ, in those things which pertain to God.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 15, Verse 17
Cebuano	¶ Busa, diha kang Cristo Jesus may katarungan ako sa pagpagarbo sa akong buhat alang sa Dios.
Chinese	所以論到　神的事我在基督耶穌裡有可誇的。
Croatian	Imam se dakle èime dièiti u Kristu Isusu s obzirom na ono što je Božje.
Danish	Således har jeg min Ros i Kristus Jesus af min Tjeneste for Gud.
Dutch	Zo heb ik dan roem in Christus Jezus in die dingen, die God aangaan.
Finnish	Minulla on siis kerskaukseni Kristuksessa Jeesuksessa palvellessani Jumalaa;
French	J`ai donc sujet de me glorifier en Jésus Christ, pour ce qui regarde les choses de Dieu.
German	Darum kann ich mich rühmen in Jesus Christo, daß ich Gott diene.
Haitian Creole	¶ Se pou sa, mwen gen dwa kontan nèt pou travay m'ap fè ansanm ak Jezikri pou Bondye.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Jadi, karena saya sudah bersatu dengan Kristus Yesus, maka saya boleh merasa bangga atas pekerjaan saya bagi Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Sebab itu di dalam Kristus Yesus aku megah atas segala perkara yang aku perbuat karena Allah.
Latvian	Un tâ es varu lepoties Kristû Jçzû par to, kas attiecas uz Dievu.
Maori	¶ Na, kua whai whakamanamanatanga nei ahau i roto i a Karaiti Ihu i nga mea a te Atua.
Norwegian	Derfor har jeg min ros i Kristus Jesus, i min tjeneste for Gud;
Portuguese	Tenho, portanto, motivo para me gloriar em Cristo Jesus, nas coisas concernentes a Deus;
Rumanian	Eu dar mq pot lquda kn Isus Hristos, kn slujirea lui Dumnezeu.
Shuar	¶ Jesukrístu yaintiu asamtai Yusna takarsamaj nuna wararsamniaitjai.
Spanish	Tengo, pues, de qué gloriarme en Cristo Jesús, en las cosas que se refieren a Dios.
Swahili	Kwa hiyo, nikiwa nimeungana na Kristo Yesu, naweza kujivunia huduma yangu kwa ajili ya Mungu.
Swedish	Alltså är det i Kristus Jesus som jag har något att berömma mig av i fråga om min tjänst inför Gud.
Uma	¶ Ngkai posidaia' -ku hante Kristus Yesus, bohe nono-ku mpotutura bago to kupobago-ki Alata'ala.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pertain": pertained, pertaining, pertains. (additional references)
	Words ending with "pertain": appertain. (additional references)
	Words containing "pertain": appertained, appertaining, appertains. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pertain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: partain, partamian, Partan, parteien, patrin, Patrini, Pattani, peran, peration, perdei, Perotin, perran, persain, perta, pertaine, perti, peruano, Pervaiz, petai, pe'tain, petian, petraea, Petriana, Petrin, Piratin, portan, pretain, prtein, reptain, sertain, vervain. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "pertain" (pronounced pertā"n)
4	-er t ā" n	ascertain, entertain.
3	-t ā" n	abstain, attain, butane, contain, detain, maintain, obtain, retain, stain, sustain.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: painter, repaint.
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-p-r-t"
	-1 letter: arpent, enrapt, entrap, panier, pantie, parent, patine, pineta, pirate, pterin, rapine, ratine, retain, retina, trepan.
	-2 letters: antre, apter, arpen, atrip, entia, inapt, inept, inert, inter, irate, niter, nitre, paint, paten, pater, patin, peart, pieta, pinta, prate, print, repin, retia, riant, ripen, taper, tapir, tenia, terai, tinea, train, trine, tripe.
	-3 letters: airn, airt, ante.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: antirape, aperient, atropine, dipteran, interlap, painters, paintier, pantries, perianth, pertains, pinaster, pretrain, pristane, repaints, retaping, tapering, terrapin, trapline, triplane, triptane.
	+2 letters: antipress, aperients, appertain, atropines, carpeting, crepitant, departing, dipterans, implanter, interlaps, interplay, operating, operation, painterly, paltering, parenting, pargeting, paternity, patienter, patronise, patronize, pattering, perianths, perinatal, peritonea, pertained, pinasters, pistareen, preacting, predating, predation, pretaping, pretorian, pretrains, printable, printhead, pristanes, protamine, reappoint, reimplant, repainted, repasting, repeating, replating, reptilian, sparteine, spearmint, tampering, terrapins, threaping, transpire, trapesing, traplines, trepidant, triplanes, triptanes, uptearing.
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