relative

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English

Etymology

From Latin relativus, from relatus, perfect passive participle of referre (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferre (“to bear or carry”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

relative (not comparable)

  1. Relevant; pertinent
  2. Connected to or depending on something else; not absolute; comparative.
  3. (grammar) That relates to an antecedent
  4. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor

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Derived terms

Noun

relative (plural relatives)

  1. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Synonyms

Translations

someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption
  • Arabic: قريب (qaríb) m.
  • Armenian: ազգական hy(hy) (azgakan), բարեկամ hy(hy) (barekam)
  • Bosnian: rod bs(bs) m.
  • Chinese: 亲戚 (qīnqi)
  • Croatian: rod hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: příbuzný cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: pårørende, beslægtet, frænde
  • Dutch: familielid, bloedverwant
  • Estonian: sugulane et(et)
  • Finnish: sukulainen fi(fi)
  • French: parent fr(fr) m.
  • Galician: parente gl(gl) m. and f.
  • German: Verwandte de(de) m. and f.
  • Greek: συγγενής el(el) (syngenís) m. and f., οικείος el(el) (oikeíos) m.
  • Hungarian: rokon hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: ættingi is(is)
  • Ido: parento io(io)
  • Indonesian: kerabat id(id)
  • Irish: duine muinteartha ga(ga) m.
  • Italian: parente it(it) m., congiunto it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 親戚 (しんせき, shinseki), 身内 (みうち, miuchi), 関係詞 (かんけいし, kankeishi)
  • Korean: 친척 (chincheok)
  • Kurdish: خزم
  • Luhya: omulebe
  • Macedonian: роднина mk(mk) (ródnina) m. and f.
  • Old Church Slavonic: ближика (bližika) m.
  • Polish: krewny pl(pl) m., krewna pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: parente pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: родственник ru(ru) (ródstvennik) m.
  • Scottish Gaelic: caraid gd(gd) m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: род m.
    Roman: rod m.
  • Spanish: pariente es(es) m.
  • Swahili: ndugu (noun 9/10), jamaa sw(sw), akraba sw(sw)
  • Swedish: släkting sv(sv) c.
  • Taos: k’òwa’ána
  • Telugu: బంధువు (bamdhuvu)
  • Thai: ญาติ (yâat), ญาติพี่น้อง (yâat pêe nóng)
  • Vietnamese: họ hàng vi(vi)

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

relative f.

  1. Feminine form of relatif.

Anagrams


Italian

Adjective

relative pl.

  1. Feminine form of relativo.

Anagrams


Latin

Adjective

relātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of relātīvus

 

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