germaneness

1. 1.

   pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand

   Broaderapplicability

Other forms of germaneness

plural

germanenesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about germaneness

What does germaneness mean?

germaneness means "pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand".

How many syllables are in germaneness?

germaneness has 4 syllables and divides as ger-ma-ne-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.