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)
- Connected to or depending on something else; not absolute; 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.
- (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.
- (grammar) That relates to an antecedent.
- (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Relevant; pertinent; related.
- relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
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Derived terms
Translations
not absolute; connected to or depending on something else
- Arabic: نسبي (ar) (nisbiy)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: trad. 有關, simpl. 有关 (pinyin: yǒuguān) (-的 -de), trad. 相對, simpl. 相对 (pinyin: xiāngduì) (-的 -de), trad. 關連, simpl. 关连 (pinyin: guānlián) (-的 -de)
- Czech: relativní (cs), vztažný (cs) m (of pronoun)
- Danish: relativ (da)
- Dutch: relatief (nl)
- Estonian: suhteline (et), relatiivne (et)
- Finnish: suhteellinen (fi), relatiivinen (fi)
- French: relatif (fr), relative (fr)
- German: vergleichsweise (de), relativ (de)
- Greek: σχετικός (el) (schetikós) m, συγκριτικός (el) (sygkritikós) m
- Hungarian: relatív (hu), viszonylagos (hu)
- Ido: relat-anta (io)
- Indonesian: relatif (id), nisbi (id), bertalian (id)
- Italian: relativo (it)
- Japanese: 関連した (ja) (かんれんした, kanren-shita), 相対的な (ja) (そうたいてきな, soutaitekina)
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Noun
relative (plural relatives)
- Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- Why do my relatives always talk about sex?
- (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Synonyms
Translations
someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption
- Arabic: قريب (ar) (qariib) m, قريبة (ar) (qariiba) f
- Armenian: ազգական (hy) (azgakan), բարեկամ (hy) (barekam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 親戚 (cmn), 亲戚 (cmn) (qīnqi)
- Czech: příbuzný (cs) m
- Danish: pårørende (da), beslægtet (da), frænde (da)
- Dutch: familielid (nl) n, bloedverwant (nl) m
- Esperanto: (♂♀) parenco (eo), (neologism, ♂) parenciĉo (eo), (♂) virparenco (eo), (♀) parencino (eo)
- Estonian: sugulane (et)
- Finnish: sukulainen (fi)
- French: parent (fr) m, géniteur (fr) m, génitrice (fr) f
- Galician: parente (gl) m and f
- Georgian: ნათესავი (ka) (natesavi)
- German: Verwandter (de) m, Verwandte (de) f
- Greek: συγγενής (el) (syngenís) m and f, οικείος (el) (oikeíos) m
- Hindi: रिश्तेदार (hi) (riśtedār) m and f
- Hungarian: rokon (hu)
- Icelandic: ættingi (is) m
- Ido: (♂♀) parento (io), (♂) parentulo (io), (♀) parentino (io)
- Indonesian: kerabat (id)
- Irish: duine muinteartha (ga) m, gaol (ga) m
- Italian: parente (it) m, congiunto (it) m
- Japanese: 親戚 (ja) (しんせき, shinseki), 身内 (ja) (みうち, miuchi), 関係詞 (ja) (かんけいし, kankeishi)
- Korean: 친척 (ko) (chincheok) 親戚 (ko))
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خزم
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