Afrikaans relevant | ||
Albanian përkatëse | ||
Amharic ተዛማጅ | ||
Arabic ذو صلة | ||
Armenian համապատասխան | ||
Assamese প্ৰাসংগিক | ||
Aymara wakiskiri | ||
Azerbaijani aiddir | ||
Bambara nafaman | ||
Basque garrantzitsua | ||
Belarusian актуальныя | ||
Bengali প্রাসঙ্গিক | ||
Bhojpuri काम लायक | ||
Bosnian relevantan | ||
Bulgarian от значение | ||
Catalan rellevant | ||
Cebuano may kalabutan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 相关的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 相關的 | ||
Corsican pertinente | ||
Croatian relevantne | ||
Czech relevantní | ||
Danish relevant | ||
Dhivehi އެކަށޭނަ | ||
Dogri सरबंधत | ||
Dutch relevant | ||
English relevant | ||
Esperanto trafa | ||
Estonian asjakohane | ||
Ewe le veviẽ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kaugnay | ||
Finnish merkityksellisiä | ||
French pertinent | ||
Frisian relevant | ||
Galician relevante | ||
Georgian შესაბამისი | ||
German relevant | ||
Greek σχετικό | ||
Guarani heseguáva | ||
Gujarati સુસંગત | ||
Haitian Creole ki enpòtan | ||
Hausa dacewa | ||
Hawaiian pili | ||
Hebrew רלוונטי | ||
Hindi से मिलता जुलता | ||
Hmong tseem ceeb | ||
Hungarian ide vonatkozó | ||
Icelandic viðeigandi | ||
Igbo dị mkpa | ||
Ilocano napateg | ||
Indonesian relevan | ||
Irish ábhartha | ||
Italian pertinente | ||
Japanese 関連する | ||
Javanese cocog | ||
Kannada ಸಂಬಂಧಿತ | ||
Kazakh өзекті | ||
Khmer ពាក់ព័ន្ធ | ||
Kinyarwanda bifite akamaro | ||
Konkani वास्तवीक | ||
Korean 관련된 | ||
Krio fɔ du wit | ||
Kurdish nikartê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پەیوەندیدار | ||
Kyrgyz тиешелүү | ||
Lao ທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງ | ||
Latin relevant | ||
Latvian būtisks | ||
Lingala ya ntina | ||
Lithuanian aktualus | ||
Luganda -mugaso | ||
Luxembourgish relevant | ||
Macedonian релевантни | ||
Maithili प्रासंगिक | ||
Malagasy manan-danja | ||
Malay relevan | ||
Malayalam പ്രസക്തം | ||
Maltese relevanti | ||
Maori whai kiko | ||
Marathi संबंधित | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯤ ꯂꯩꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo inphu | ||
Mongolian хамааралтай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သက်ဆိုင်ရာ | ||
Nepali प्रासंगिक | ||
Norwegian aktuell | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zogwirizana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରାସଙ୍ଗିକ | | ||
Oromo barbaachisaa | ||
Pashto اړونده | ||
Persian مربوط | ||
Polish istotnych | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) relevante | ||
Punjabi relevantੁਕਵਾਂ | ||
Quechua chaniyuq | ||
Romanian relevante | ||
Russian соответствующие | ||
Samoan talafeagai | ||
Sanskrit प्रासङ्गिकः | ||
Scots Gaelic buntainneach | ||
Sepedi maleba | ||
Serbian релевантне | ||
Sesotho maleba | ||
Shona zvine chekuita | ||
Sindhi لاڳاپيل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අදාල | ||
Slovak relevantné | ||
Slovenian ustrezne | ||
Somali khuseeya | ||
Spanish pertinente | ||
Sundanese relevan | ||
Swahili husika | ||
Swedish relevant | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) may kaugnayan | ||
Tajik дахлдор | ||
Tamil தொடர்புடையது | ||
Tatar актуаль | ||
Telugu సంబంధిత | ||
Thai เกี่ยวข้อง | ||
Tigrinya ጠቃሚ | ||
Tsonga faneleke | ||
Turkish ilgili | ||
Turkmen degişlidir | ||
Twi (Akan) hia | ||
Ukrainian відповідні | ||
Urdu متعلقہ | ||
Uyghur مۇناسىۋەتلىك | ||
Uzbek muvofiq | ||
Vietnamese liên quan, thích hợp | ||
Welsh perthnasol | ||
Xhosa efanelekileyo | ||
Yiddish באַטייַטיק | ||
Yoruba ti o yẹ | ||
Zulu efanelekile |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "relevant" has the same meaning and etymology as the English word "relevant". It comes from the Latin "relevāre", meaning "to lighten" or "to lift up." |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "përkatëse" is related to "përkas" (belonging) and can also mean "competent" or "appropriate". |
| Amharic | The verb ዛመደ means "to gather" or "to be adjacent" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | "ذو صلة" can also mean "connection" or "relation" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "aiddir" is derived from the Arabic word "aid", meaning "help" or "assistance". |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "garrantzitsua" also means "important". |
| Belarusian | The root of the word "актуальныя" is the Latin word "actualis," which originally meant "of or relating to action." In this sense, the word "актуальныя" could also mean "active" or "current." |
| Bengali | প্রাসঙ্গিক can also mean 'connected with the subject at hand' or 'pertinent'. |
| Bosnian | The word 'relevantan' is derived from the Latin verb 'relevare', meaning 'to raise' or 'to lift up', implying the idea of importance and significance. |
| Bulgarian | The word "от значение" derives from the Old Church Slavonic word "знати" meaning "to know". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word 'rellevant' can also mean 'raising' (a subject) or 'highlighting'. |
| Cebuano | "Kalabutan" also means "relation" or "connection", highlighting the interconnectedness of things. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 在中文里,「相关的」一词由「相」和「关」两个字组成,意为「相互联系」或「有关联」 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「相關的」一詞,也可指血緣關係人。 |
| Corsican | Corsican has a cognate form of the Italian word “pertinente”, which shares the primary meaning of “relevant,” but the Italian word is a loan from French and means “stubborn,” “obstinate,” and “impudent” in its native language. |
| Croatian | The word "relevantne" in Croatian has no alternate meanings or an etymology unrelated to its meaning in English. |
| Czech | The Czech word "relevantní" also means "important" or "significant". |
| Danish | The Danish word "relevant" comes from the Latin word "relevare," which means to lift up or to raise. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "relevant" also means "flexible" or "stretchy". |
| Esperanto | Trafa's alternate meaning 'applicable' is derived from its root 'trafi,' meaning 'to pull' or 'to draw.' |
| Estonian | The word "asjakohane" comes from the phrase "asja koha" which means "in the place of the matter". |
| Finnish | The word "merkityksellisiä" is derived from the Finnish word "merkitys," which means "meaning" or "significance." |
| French | The French word "pertinent" comes from the Latin word "pertinere", which means "to belong to" or "to be connected with". |
| Frisian | De Friese term 'relevant' heeft naast de standaardbetekenis 'belangrijk' ook de verouderde betekenis 'opnieuw' |
| German | Das Wort "relevant" stammt aus dem lateinischen "relevare", was so viel wie "erheben" oder "aufheben" bedeutet. |
| Greek | The Greek word σχετικό (relevant) originates from the word σχεσά (relationship or connection) |
| Gujarati | The word "સુસંગત" can have the same meaning as the English word "coherent". |
| Haitian Creole | Ki enpòtan, or "what's important," can also be used in Haitian Creole to connote urgency, importance, and relevance. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'dacewa' has Arabic origins and also means to 'make a point' or 'cite an example'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pili" also means "to stick to," "to adhere to," or "to cling to." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "רלוונטי" (relevant) is derived from the Latin "relevare" meaning "to lift" or "to raise". This suggests a connection between relevance and the idea of importance or significance. |
| Hindi | The word 'relevant' is derived from the Latin word 'relevāre', which means 'to raise up' or 'to lighten'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tseem ceeb" is derived from the Proto-Hmong words "*tsəm" and "*tsib" which refer to truthfulness, accuracy, and precision, hence the meaning relevant. |
| Hungarian | The word "ide vonatkozó" is derived from the Latin word "referre", meaning to bring back or relate to. |
| Icelandic | The word "viðeigandi" is derived from the Old Norse word "viðeiga" meaning "to pertain to". |
| Igbo | "Dị mkpa" in Igbo comes from the root word "mkpa," meaning "need" or "importance," and is cognate with the verb "mkpa," meaning "to need" or "to be important." |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "relevan" is derived from the Dutch word "relevant" and was adopted into the Indonesian language during the Dutch colonial period. |
| Irish | "Ábhartha" also means "material, cause, reason, occasion, or opportunity". |
| Italian | The Italian word "pertinente" derives from the Latin word "pertinere," meaning "to belong" or "to have a relationship to." |
| Japanese | 「関連する」という言葉は、元々は「関係連なる」という意味があり、そこから「関連性がある」という意味に派生しました。 |
| Javanese | The word "cocog" also has an alternate meaning in Javanese, describing the state of a person who is very focused on a particular activity. |
| Kannada | ಸಂಬಂಧಿತ could also mean "associated with" or "connected to" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "sambandhita."} |
| Kazakh | It comes from the word "оз", meaning "core" or "essence" |
| Khmer | "ពាក់ព័ន្ធ" also means "to associate with" and can be used to describe a person's involvement in an activity or group. |
| Korean | 관련된 can mean 'connected' or 'involved' |
| Kurdish | The word "nikartê" is derived from the Persian word "nik" (good) and the Kurdish suffix "-artê" (worthy), implying that something is worthy of being considered good or appropriate. |
| Kyrgyz | "Тиешелүү" (relevant) comes from the Kyrgyz word "тие" (to touch), describing something that is closely related or connected. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'relevare' means 'to raise' or 'to lighten,' and is also the root of the word 'relevant.' |
| Latvian | The noun "būtisks" derives from a verb meaning to be or to exist, thus implying necessity or importance. |
| Lithuanian | The word "aktualus" is derived from the Latin word "actualis", meaning "real" or "existing." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "relevant" can also mean "related" or "concerning". |
| Macedonian | The word 'релевантни' in Macedonian comes from the Latin word 'relevare', meaning 'to raise' or 'to lift up', and it is related to the words 'relief' and 'relevant' in English. |
| Malagasy | The word "manan-danja" can also mean "important" or "significant". |
| Malay | "Relevan" shares its root with "relate" in English, emphasizing the connection between relevance and interconnectedness. |
| Malayalam | The word "പ്രസക്തം" comes from the Sanskrit word "prasakta," meaning "connected" or "pertinent." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "relevanti" is derived from the Italian "rilevante", which itself comes from the Latin "relevare" (to raise up). |
| Maori | The word "whai kiko" can also mean "to seek" or "to pursue" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word 'संबंधित' also means 'connected' or 'pertaining to' in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The term "хамааралтай" is also used in Mongolia to describe something that is connected with or related to a given context or topic |
| Nepali | प्रासंगिक (prāsangika) is derived from the Sanskrit word prasaṅga, which means 'connection' or 'context'. |
| Norwegian | "Aktuell" can also mean "topical" or "current" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'zogwirizana' can also imply connection, appropriateness, or alignment. |
| Pashto | The word "اړونده" in Pashto can also mean "related" or "pertinent" |
| Persian | In Persian, "مربوط" (marboot) can also mean "connected" or "attached to". |
| Polish | The word "istotnych" also means "substantial" or "material" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the term "relevante" can refer to a wide variety of meanings, from "important" or "significant" to "applicable" or "pertinent." |
| Punjabi | The word "relevant" is borrowed from English and means "having a bearing on the matter at hand." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "relevante" can also mean "distinguished" or "important." |
| Russian | The word "соответствующие" in Russian can also mean "corresponding" or "appropriate" |
| Samoan | The word "talafeagai" is composed of the roots "tala" (to speak) and "feagai" (to meet or be appropriate), hence its meaning of "relevant" or "pertinent."} |
| Scots Gaelic | "Buntainneach" comes from "bun", meaning "source", and "tainn", meaning "pertaining". It can also refer to relevance or belonging to the matter at hand in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | It is a loanword from French, ultimately derived from Latin |
| Sesotho | The word “maleba” in Sesotho has alternate meanings of “pertinent,” “appropriate,” or “applicable,” all of which share a common thread of relevance. |
| Shona | The word "zvine chekuita" originates from the Shona word "chekwa" meaning "hook" or "attachment", implying something that is connected and applicable. |
| Sindhi | The word 'لاڳاپيل' (relevant) in Sindhi is cognate with the Hindi and Urdu word "लागू" (apply). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අදාල" derives from the Sanskrit word "आदाल" (ā-dala), meaning "equal" or "appropriate for". |
| Slovak | "Relevantné" in Slovak derives from Latin "relevare" meaning "lift up, support, raise" and has the extended meaning of "to ease," as in the case of a burden. |
| Slovenian | The word "ustrezne" in Slovenian is also used to describe something that is appropriate, suitable, or adequate. |
| Somali | The word "khuseeya" is thought to be derived from the Arabic word "khassa" (خاص), which means "special" or "particular." |
| Spanish | "Pertinente" originally meant "to belong to", from the Latin "pertinere," and it has also been used to mean "pertaining to" and "connected with." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "relevan" also means "important" or "essential." |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'husika' comes from the Arabic root 'hasasa', meaning 'to perceive or feel' and can also refer to 'importance' or 'concern'. |
| Swedish | "Relevant" originates from the Latin word "relevare," meaning to lighten or raise. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "may kaugnayan" in Tagalog can also mean "connected" or "related". |
| Tajik | The word "дахлдор" can mean "related to the subject" or "involved in the matter". |
| Telugu | సంబంధిత comes from the Sanskrit word 'sambandha' which also means 'connection'. |
| Thai | เกี่ยวข้อง comes from the Sanskrit word "karaṇa" meaning "cause" or "effect", and also means "connect" or "join" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "İlgili" can also mean "interested" or "related" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | Відповідні also means "appropriate". In this sense, it is a synonym of доречний. |
| Urdu | The word 'متعلقہ' is the feminine form of the Arabic word 'متعلق', which means 'attached' or 'connected'. |
| Uzbek | The word "muvofiq" can also mean "suitable", "appropriate", or "in accordance with". |
| Vietnamese | The word "liên quan, thích hợp" in Vietnamese literally means "to connect; to suit; to be appropriate; to be relevant". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "perthnasol" shares its origin with "perthyn" meaning "to belong to". |
| Xhosa | "Efanelekileyo" is the Xhosa translation of both "relevant" and "appropriate". |
| Yiddish | "באַטייַטיק" can also mean "important" or "significant" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | The word "ti o yẹ" in Yoruba has other meanings including "proper" and "appropriate", and is derived from the verb "yẹ" meaning "to befit". |
| Zulu | The word 'efanelekile' in Zulu can also mean 'appropriate' or 'suitable'. |
| English | The word "relevant" comes from the Latin word "relevare", which means "to raise up" or "to lift up". |