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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- rel. (abbreviation)
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative (not comparable)
- 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.
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
- (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) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- The words “big” and “small” are relative.
- (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Relevant; pertinent; related.
- relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
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Expressions with this term at the beginning
- relative address
- relative adjective
- relative atomic mass
- relative clause
- relative complement, r. pseudo-comp.
- relative dating
- relative density
- relative error
- relative frequency
- relative humidity
- relative-in-law
- relative key
- relative permittivity
- relative pin
- relative pitch
- relative pressure
- relative pronoun
- relative superlative
- relative tense
- relative topology
Expressions with this term at the end
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
conditional; depending on something else
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Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:relative
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
relative
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
relative
- inflection of relativ:
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.laːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.laˈti.ve/, [reläˈt̪iːve]
Adverb[edit]
relātīvē (not comparable)
References[edit]
- “rĕlātīvē”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- relative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rĕlātīvē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,335/2
Etymology 2[edit]
A regularly declined form of relātīvus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.laːˈtiː.u̯e/, [rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.laˈti.ve/, [reläˈt̪iːve]
Adjective[edit]
relātīve
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
relative
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