irrelevant

irrelevant

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-
Latin ir-
English ir-
English relevant
English irrelevant

    From ir- + relevant.

    Pronunciation

    • (weak vowel distinction) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/, [ɪˈɹʷɛləvənt]
      • Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):(file)
    • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈɹɛləvənt/, [əˈɹʷɛləvənt]
    • Rhymes: -ɛləvənt
    • Hyphenation: ir‧rel‧e‧vant

    Adjective

    irrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)

    1. Not relevant, as:
      His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
      We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.
      The fact that she is his sister is irrelevant to the case.
      • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35:
        Andy Kirby said that, on her second day in his class, Velvet declared algebra irrelevant to her life and strolled out the door. "Haven't seen her since," he said.
    2. (slang, derogatory) No longer famous or popular; washed up.

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Danish

    Etymology

    From ir- +‎ relevant.

    Adjective

    irrelevant (neuter irrelevant, plural and definite singular attributive irrelevante)

    1. irrelevant

    Inflection

    Inflection of irrelevant
    positive comparative superlative
    indefinite common singular irrelevant — —2
    indefinite neuter singular irrelevant — —2
    plural irrelevante — —2
    definite attributive1 irrelevante — —

    1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
    the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
    2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

    Synonyms

    • uvedkommende

    Antonyms

    References

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Perhaps borrowed. Equivalent to in- +‎ relevant.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌɪ.reː.ləˈvɑnt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: ir‧re‧le‧vant
    • Rhymes: -ɑnt

    Adjective

    irrelevant (comparative irrelevanter, superlative irrelevantst)

    1. irrelevant
      Antonym: relevant

    Declension

    Declension of irrelevant
    uninflected irrelevant
    inflected irrelevante
    comparative irrelevanter
    positive comparative superlative
    predicative/adverbial irrelevant irrelevanter het irrelevantst
    het irrelevantste
    indefinite m./f. sing. irrelevante irrelevantere irrelevantste
    n. sing. irrelevant irrelevanter irrelevantste
    plural irrelevante irrelevantere irrelevantste
    definite irrelevante irrelevantere irrelevantste
    partitive irrelevants irrelevanters —

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “irrelevant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

    German

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    irrelevant (strong nominative masculine singular irrelevanter, not comparable)

    1. irrelevant
      Synonyms: unerheblich, unbedeutend, unwichtig, unmaßgeblich, nebensächlich
      Antonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich, wesentlich, relevant

    Declension

    Positive forms of irrelevant (uncomparable)
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist irrelevant sie ist irrelevant es ist irrelevant sie sind irrelevant
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative irrelevanter irrelevante irrelevantes irrelevante
    genitive irrelevanten irrelevanter irrelevanten irrelevanter
    dative irrelevantem irrelevanter irrelevantem irrelevanten
    accusative irrelevanten irrelevante irrelevantes irrelevante
    weak declension
    (with definite article)     		nominative der irrelevante die irrelevante das irrelevante die irrelevanten
    genitive des irrelevanten der irrelevanten des irrelevanten der irrelevanten
    dative dem irrelevanten der irrelevanten dem irrelevanten den irrelevanten
    accusative den irrelevanten die irrelevante das irrelevante die irrelevanten
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein irrelevanter eine irrelevante ein irrelevantes (keine) irrelevanten
    genitive eines irrelevanten einer irrelevanten eines irrelevanten (keiner) irrelevanten
    dative einem irrelevanten einer irrelevanten einem irrelevanten (keinen) irrelevanten
    accusative einen irrelevanten eine irrelevante ein irrelevantes (keine) irrelevanten

    Further reading

    • “irrelevant” in Duden online
    • “irrelevant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From ir- +‎ relevant.

    Adjective

    irrelevant (neuter singular irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)

    1. irrelevant

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From ir- +‎ relevant.

    Adjective

    irrelevant (neuter singular irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)

    1. irrelevant

    References

    Swedish

    Adjective

    irrelevant (comparative mer irrelevant, superlative mest irrelevant)

    1. irrelevant
      Synonym: ovidkommande
      Antonym: relevant

    Declension

    Inflection of irrelevant
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular irrelevant mer irrelevant mest irrelevant
    neuter singular irrelevant mer irrelevant mest irrelevant
    plural irrelevanta mer irrelevanta mest irrelevanta
    masculine plural2 irrelevante mer irrelevanta mest irrelevanta
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 irrelevante mer irrelevante mest irrelevante
    all irrelevanta mer irrelevanta mest irrelevanta

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

    Adverb

    irrelevant (not comparable)

    1. irrelevantly

    Further reading

    • “irrelevant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

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