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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|görece}}, {{t+|tr|izafi}}, {{t+|tr|bağıl}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|görece}}, {{t+|tr|izafi}}, {{t+|tr|bağıl}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|відно́сний}}, {{t|uk|зв'я́заний}}
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* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cymharol}}
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Revision as of 01:13, 19 January 2024

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlətɪv

Adjective

relative (not comparable)

  1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
      For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
  2. (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
    The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.
  3. (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
    The words “big” and “small” are relative.
  4. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
  5. (archaic or rare) Relevant; pertinent; related.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 264, column 2:
      The Spirit that I haue ſeene
      May be the Diuell, and the Diuel hath power
      T'aſſume a pleaſing ſhape, yea and perhaps
      Out of my Weakneſſe, and my Melancholly,
      As he is very potent with ſuch Spirits,
      Abuſes me to damne me. Ile haue grounds
      More Relatiue then this: The play's the thing,
      Wherein Ile catch the Conſcience of the King.
    relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
  6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

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Translations

Noun

relative (plural relatives)

  2. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
    Why do my relatives always talk about sex?
  3. (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
    Synonym: cousin
  4. (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ In General American and Canadian English, the flapped [ɾ] pronunciation [ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv] is more common than the aspirated [tʰ] pronunciation [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv]; but in the derived adverb relatively, the aspirated pronunciation [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv.li] is more common, though the flap-t version can still be heard, especially in casual speech.

Anagrams

Danish

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Esperanto

Etymology

From relativa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [relaˈtive]
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: re‧la‧ti‧ve

Adverb

relative

  1. relatively

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

relative

  1. feminine singular of relatif

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of proposition subordonnée relative.

Noun

relative f (plural relatives)

  1. (grammar) relative clause, adjectival clause, adjective clause

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

relative f pl

  1. feminine plural of relativo

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From relātīvus +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

Adverb

relātīvē (not comparable)

  1. (Late Latin) relatively

References

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of relātīvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

relātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of relātīvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Swedish

Adjective

relative

  1. definite natural masculine singular of relativ
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