contextual

English

Etymology

From context +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

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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)
• 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)
• 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]

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, 2025
• “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

		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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10