contextual

English

Etymology

From context +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

contextual (not comparable)

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

   Coordinate terms: (in texts) paratextual, peritextual, epitextual, subtextual, textual; (in pragmatics) compositional

Derived terms

• acontextual
• contextual criticism
• contextual inquiry
• contextualism
• contextualist
• contextualistic
• contextuality
• contextualization
• contextualize
• contextually
• intercontextual
• macrocontextual
• metacontextual
• microcontextual
• multicontextual
• noncontextual
• sociocontextual
• subcontextual
• transcontextual
• uncontextual

Translations

depending on context

Catalan: contextual (ca) Czech: kontextový, související (cs) Dutch: contextueel (nl) Finnish: kontekstuaalinen, asiayhteydellinen French: contextuel (fr) German: kontextuell (de) Greek: συμφραστικός (symfrastikós) Indonesian: kontekstual (id) Italian: contestuale (it) Ladin: cuntestuel Manx: cohecksagh Polish: kontekstowy (pl) Portuguese: contextual (pt) Russian: контекстный (ru) (kontekstnyj), контекстовый (ru) (kontekstovyj), контекстуальный (ru) (kontekstualʹnyj) Spanish: contextual (es) Swedish: kontextuell (sv) Welsh: cyd-destunol

Catalan

Etymology

From context +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

contextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural contextuals)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualitzar

Further reading

• “contextual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “contextual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “contextual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Etymology

From contexto (“context”) +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tes.tuˈaw/ [kõ.tes.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tesˈtwaw/ [kõ.tesˈtwaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tes.tuˈaw/ [kõ.tes.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tesˈtwaw/ [kõ.tesˈtwaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.teʃ.tuˈaw/ [kõ.teʃ.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.teʃˈtwaw/ [kõ.teʃˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐjʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tɐjʃˈtwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐjʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tɐjʃˈtwaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tejʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tejʃˈtwaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tejʃˈtwal/ [kõ.tejʃˈtwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.teʃˈtwa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: con‧tex‧tu‧al

Adjective

contextual m or f (plural contextuais)

1. contextual

Derived terms

• contextualizar
• contextualmente

Related terms

• contexto

Further reading

• “contextual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “contextual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

contextual m or n (feminine singular contextuală, masculine plural contextuali, feminine/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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konteɡsˈtwal/ [kõn̪.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧tex‧tual

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025