contextual

English

Etymology

context +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

contextual (comparative more contextual, superlative most contextual)

1. Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.

Derived terms

• acontextual
• contextual criticism
• contextual inquiry
• contextualism
• contextualist
• contextuality
• contextualize
• contextually
• metacontextual
• noncontextual
• subcontextual

 

Translations

depending on context

• Catalan: contextual (ca)
• Czech: kontextový, související (cs)
• Finnish: kontekstuaalinen, asiayhteydellinen
• French: contextuel (fr)
• German: kontextuell (de)
• Greek: συμφραστικός (symfrastikós)
• Italian: contestuale (it)
• Ladin: cuntestuel
• Manx: cohecksagh
• Portuguese: contextual (pt)
• Russian: контекстный (ru) (kontekstnyj), контекстовый (ru) (kontekstovyj), контекстуальный (ru) (kontekstualʹnyj)
• Spanish: contextual (es)
• Swedish: kontextuell (sv)

Catalan

Etymology

From context +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.təks.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.təks.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kon.teks.tuˈal]

Adjective

contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuals)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualitzar

Further reading

• “contextual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “contextual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “contextual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contextuel. By surface analysis, context +‎ -ual.

Adjective

contextual m or n (feminine singular contextuală, masculine plural contextuali, feminine and neuter plural contextuale)

1. contextual

Declension

Declension of contextual

		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

From contexto +‎ -al.

Adjective

contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuales)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualizar
• contextualmente

 

Further reading

• “contextual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014