pertain

1 have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on]

2 be a part or attribute of [syn: appertain]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology

From partenir (French: appartenir).

Verb

1. To belong.
2. To relate, to refer.

Usage notes

• In all the above senses, pertain is formal and followed by to (at times followed by unto, as in The King James Version of The Bible and in the plays of Shakespeare, although to is used in these works as well)

Quotations

(relate):

• 1989, Sort out any booklets or manuals that pertain to the heating system or any other fixture that you are leaving behind. — One's company, Underwood, Lynn, Southampton: Ashford.

Antonyms

• be irrelevant

Translations

• Portuguese: pertencer (1), relacionar-se com, referir-se (2).

Pertain is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated on the D142 road, some 27 miles southeast of Amiens, in the east of the Santerre district.

Population

History

Founded around the end of the first millennia, the village was known then as "Pertaing". Made up of several now-disappeared hamlets, such as "Mory", "Sacy-Les-Pertain" and “Berseaucourt”.

Places of interest

• Modern church of Saint Rémy
• War memorial
• Pigeon houses from the 1950s
• Vestiges of Gallo-Roman villas
• The foundations of a medieval manor house.

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Pertain on the Insee website
• Pertain on the Quid website

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 12th 2008.

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