irrelevant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Latin ir-
English ir-
English relevant
English irrelevant
From ir- + relevant.
Inflected forms:
form: more irrelevant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most irrelevant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not relevant, as
pos: adj
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: Not relevant, as:
pos: adj
gloss: Not relevant, as:
pos: adj
gloss: No longer famous or popular; washed up.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
slang
Synonyms: beside the mark
beside the point
immaterial
impertinent
irrelative
irrelevant
moot
nongermane
nonpertinent
off-topic
orthogonal
otiose
tangential
unapt
ungermane
Antonyms: relevant
foreign
pertinent
Related words: fun fact
what does that have to do with the price of corn
what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
Derived words: irrelephant
irrelevance
irrelevancy
irrelevantly
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: عَرَضِيّ
roman: ʕaraḍiyy
lang: Basque
word: desegoki
lang: Breton
word: dizere
lang: Bulgarian
word: несъществен
roman: nesǎštestven
lang: Bulgarian
word: неуместен
roman: neumesten
lang: Bulgarian
word: ирелевантен
roman: irelevanten
lang: Bulgarian
word: нецелесъобразен
roman: necelesǎobrazen
lang: Bulgarian
word: страничен
roman: straničen
lang: Catalan
word: irrellevant
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不相干的
roman: bùxiānggān de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不切題的 /不切题的
roman: bùqiètí de
lang: Czech
word: irelevantní
lang: Dutch
word: irrelevant
lang: Esperanto
word: malgrava
lang: Esperanto
word: neatentinda
lang: Esperanto
word: nekoncerna
lang: Esperanto
word: nerilata
lang: Finnish
word: irrelevantti
lang: Finnish
word: epäolennainen
lang: Finnish
word: merkityksetön
lang: Finnish
word: yhdentekevä
lang: French
word: non-pertinent
lang: Galician
word: irrelevante
lang: Georgian
word: არარელევანტური
roman: ararelevanṭuri
lang: German
word: irrelevant
lang: German
word: unwesentlich
lang: Greek
word: άσχετος
roman: áschetos
lang: Hungarian
word: irreleváns
lang: Hungarian
word: érdektelen
lang: Hungarian
word: lényegtelen
lang: Hungarian
word: mellékes
lang: Italian
word: irrilevante
lang: Japanese
word: 無関係
roman: mukankei
lang: Macedonian
word: несоо́дветен
roman: nesoódveten
lang: Macedonian
word: неу́месен
roman: neúmesen
lang: Manx
word: neuventynagh
lang: Māori
word: hape
lang: Polish
word: nie à propos
lang: Polish
word: nieistotny
lang: Polish
word: niepowiązany
lang: Polish
word: niezwiązany
lang: Portuguese
word: irrelevante
lang: Romanian
word: irelevant
lang: Romanian
word: neimportant
lang: Romanian
word: nerelevant
lang: Russian
word: неподходя́щий
roman: nepodxodjáščij
lang: Russian
word: несуще́ственный
roman: nesuščéstvennyj
lang: Russian
word: неуме́стный
roman: neuméstnyj
lang: Russian
word: нева́жный
roman: nevážnyj
lang: Slovak
word: irelevantný
lang: Slovak
word: nepodstatný
lang: Spanish
word: irrelevante
lang: Swedish
word: irrelevant
lang: Swedish
word: ovidkommande
lang: Turkish
word: ilgisiz
lang: Turkish
word: alakasız