contextual
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
contextual (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.
- Coordinate terms: (in texts) paratextual, peritextual, epitextual, subtextual, textual; (in pragmatics) compositional
Derived terms
Translations
depending on context
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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.təks.tuˈal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təks.tuˈal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kon.teks.tuˈal]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Adjective
contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuals)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “contextual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “contextual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “contextual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
Etymology
From contexto (“context”) + -ual.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tes.tuˈaw/ [kõ.tes.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tesˈtwaw/ [kõ.tesˈtwaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.teʃ.tuˈaw/ [kõ.teʃ.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.teʃˈtwaw/ [kõ.teʃˈtwaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɐjʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tɐjʃˈtwaɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tejʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tejʃˈtwaɫ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tejʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tejʃˈtwaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.teʃˈtwa.li/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: con‧tex‧tu‧al
Adjective
contextual m or f (plural contextuais)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “contextual”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “contextual”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “contextual”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “contextual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “contextual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French contextuel. By surface analysis, context + -ual.
Adjective
contextual m or n (feminine singular contextuală, masculine plural contextuali, feminine/neuter plural contextuale)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | contextual | contextuală | contextuali | contextuale | ||
| definite | contextualul | contextuala | contextualii | contextualele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | contextual | contextuale | contextuali | contextuale | ||
| definite | contextualului | contextualei | contextualilor | contextualelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konteɡsˈtwal/ [kõn̪.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪wal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: con‧tex‧tual
Adjective
contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “contextual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025