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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *ən-

English irrelevant

From ir- + relevant.

• (weak vowel distinction) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/, [ɪˈɹʷɛləvənt]
• (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈɹɛləvənt/, [əˈɹʷɛləvənt]
• Rhymes: -ɛləvənt
• Hyphenation: ir‧rel‧e‧vant

irrelevant (comparative more irrelevant, superlative most irrelevant)

1. Not relevant, as:
   His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
   We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.
   The fact that she is his sister is irrelevant to the case.
   • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35:
     Andy Kirby said that, on her second day in his class, Velvet declared algebra irrelevant to her life and strolled out the door. "Haven't seen her since," he said.
2. (slang, derogatory) No longer famous or popular; washed up.

• relevant, foreign (formal register)

• irrelephant

• irrelevance

• irrelevancy

• irrelevantly

From ir- +‎ relevant.

irrelevant (neuter **irrelevant, plural and definite singular attributive irrelevante)

1. irrelevant

Inflection of irrelevant

| | positive | comparative | superlative | | | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | -- | | indefinite common singular | irrelevant | — | —2 | | indefinite neuter singular | irrelevant | — | —2 | | plural | irrelevante | — | —2 | | definite attributive1 | irrelevante | — | — |

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

• uvedkommende
• relevant
• irrelevans
• “irrelevant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Perhaps borrowed. Equivalent to in- +‎ relevant.

• IPA(key): /ˌɪ.reː.ləˈvɑnt/
• Hyphenation: ir‧re‧le‧vant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

irrelevant (comparative irrelevanter, superlative irrelevantst)

1. irrelevant
   Antonym: relevant

• irrelevantie
• “irrelevant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• Rhymes: -ant

irrelevant (strong nominative masculine singular irrelevanter, not comparable)

1. irrelevant
   Synonyms: unerheblich, unbedeutend, unwichtig, unmaßgeblich, nebensächlich
   Antonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich, wesentlich, relevant

Positive forms of irrelevant (uncomparable)

• “irrelevant” in Duden online
• “irrelevant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

From ir- +‎ relevant.

irrelevant (neuter singular **irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)

1. irrelevant

• irrelevans
• “irrelevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From ir- +‎ relevant.

irrelevant (neuter singular **irrelevant, definite singular and plural irrelevante)

1. irrelevant

• irrelevans
• “irrelevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

irrelevant (comparative mer irrelevant, superlative mest irrelevant)

1. irrelevant
   Synonym: ovidkommande
   Antonym: relevant

Inflection of irrelevant

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

irrelevant (not comparable)

1. irrelevantly

• “irrelevant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• ventilerar