relative clause

English

Noun

Examples
I caught the dog that bit you. (relative clause 'that bit you' modifies the noun 'dog') She came to visit, which was nice. (relative clause 'which was nice' gives information about the statement 'She came to visit') An old clock I bought turned out to be very valuable. (relative pronoun omitted)

relative clause (plural relative clauses)

1. (grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.

Synonyms

• adjective clause
• adjectival clause
• attributive clause

Derived terms

• defining relative clause
• non-defining relative clause
• restrictive relative clause
• non-restrictive relative clause

Translations

type of subordinate clause

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關係字句／关系字句 (guānxì zìjù), 關係從句／关系从句 (guānxì cóngjù)

• Finnish: relatiivilause
• French: proposition relative (fr) f, relative (fr) f, subordonnée relative f
• German: Relativsatz (de) m
• Hungarian: vonatkozó mellékmondat, jelzői mellékmondat
• Icelandic: tilvísunarsetning f
• Japanese: 関係詞節 (かんけいしせつ, kankeishi-setsu), 関係節 (ja) (かんけいせつ, kankei-setsu), 連体修飾節 (れんたいしゅうしょくせつ, rentai-shūshoku-setsu) (adnominal clause)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр (todotgol gišüün ögüülber)

  Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ
  ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ
  ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ (tododqal gesigün ögülebüri)

• Polish: zdanie względne n
• Portuguese: oração subordinada adjetiva f
• Russian: относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние n (otnosítelʹnoje pridátočnoje predložénije)
• Spanish: oración de relativo f, cláusula relativa f
• Thai: คุณานุประโยค (th) (kú-naa-nú-bprà-yòok)
• Welsh: cymal perthynol m