pertaining

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈteɪnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪnɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: per‧tain‧ing

Verb

pertaining

1. present participle and gerund of pertain

Noun

pertaining (plural pertainings)

1. Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
   • 1869, Horace Bushnell, Women's suffrage: the reform against nature, page 90:

     When, I say, these things are duly considered as pertainings of a woman's lot, we might almost justify them in a riot against natural sexhood itself, if there were any thing to be gained by it.

Anagrams

• repainting