irrelevant

irrelevant

English

Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic)

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Adjective

irrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)

1. Not relevant, as:
   1. Not at all related: totally unrelated, wholly unconnected, completely inapplicable.

      Coordinate terms: unrelated, unassociated, uncorrelated, random, stochastic, alien

   2. Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.

      Coordinate terms: unimportant, immaterial, incidental, inapplicable

Antonyms

• relevant

Derived terms

• irrelevance
• irrelevantly

Translations

not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected

Arabic: عَرَضِيّ‎ (ʿaraḍiyy) Basque: desegoki Bulgarian: неуместен (bg) (neumesten) Catalan: irrellevant (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不相干的 (bùxiānggān de), 不切題的／不切题的 (bùqiètí de) Czech: irelevantní Dutch: irrelevant (nl) Esperanto: nekoncerna, neatentinda, nerilata, malgrava Finnish: epäolennainen (fi), merkityksetön (fi), irrelevantti French: non-pertinent Galician: irrelevante (gl) German: irrelevant (de) Greek: άσχετος (el) (áschetos) Hungarian: lényegtelen (hu), irreleváns (hu), érdektelen (hu), mellékes (hu) Italian: irrilevante (it) Japanese: 無関係 (ja) (mukankei) Manx: neuventynagh Maori: hape Polish: nieistotny (pl), niezwiązany, niepowiązany (pl), nie à propos Portuguese: irrelevante (pt) Romanian: nerelevant, irelevant Russian: неуме́стный (ru) (neuméstnyj), неподходя́щий (ru) (nepodxodjáščij) Slovak: irelevantný (sk), nepodstatný Spanish: irrelevante (es) Swedish: irrelevant (sv), ovidkommande (sv) Turkish: ilgisiz (tr), alakasız (tr)

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Danish

Adjective

irrelevant

1. irrelevant

Inflection

Inflection of irrelevant
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	irrelevant	—	—2
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.

Related terms

• irrelevans

References

• “irrelevant” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed. Equivalent to ir- +‎ relevant.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

irrelevant (comparative irrelevanter, superlative irrelevantst)

1. irrelevant

Inflection

Inflection 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	—

Related terms

• irrelevantie

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ant

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	all genders
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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant.

Adjective

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

1. irrelevant

Related terms

• irrelevans

References

• “irrelevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ir- +‎ relevant.

Adjective

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

1. irrelevant

Related terms

• irrelevans

References

• “irrelevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

irrelevant (comparative mer irrelevant, superlative mest irrelevant)

1. irrelevant

   Synonym: ovidkommande

   Antonym: relevant

Declension

Inflection of irrelevant
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	irrelevant	mer irrelevant	mest irrelevant
Neuter singular	irrelevant	mer irrelevant	mest irrelevant
Plural	irrelevanta	mer irrelevanta	mest irrelevanta
Masculine plural3	irrelevante	mer irrelevanta	mest irrelevanta
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	irrelevante	mer irrelevante	mest irrelevante
All	irrelevanta	mer irrelevanta	mest irrelevanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Adverb

irrelevant (not comparable)

1. irrelevantly

Further reading

• irrelevant in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• ventilerar