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PERTAINYM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meaning relating to or pertaining to
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pertainym" is a kind of...):
classifying adjective; relational adjective (an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., 'a nervous disease' or 'a musical instrument'))
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)