relative

• rel. (abbreviation)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): (flapped) [ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv], (enunciated) [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv][note 1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛlətɪv

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) That relates to an antecedent.
4. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
5. Relevant; pertinent; related.

   relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...

6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

• comparative
• conditional
• limited

• absolute
• unlimited

• relative to

relative (plural relatives)

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

   Why do my relatives always talk about sex?

2. (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

• See also Thesaurus:relative

• levirate

relative

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

relative

1. relatively

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.la.tiv/

relative

1. feminine singular of relatif

• lèverait, lévitera, relevait, révélait

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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

relative

1. Feminine plural of adjective relativo.

• evitarle, levitare, leviterà, rilevate, rivalete, rivelate, vietarle

From relātīvus +‎ -ē.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.laːˈtiː.weː/, [rɛ.ɫaːˈtiː.weː]

relātīvē (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin) relatively

• rĕlātīvē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• relative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rĕlātīvē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,335/2

A regularly declined form of relātīvus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.laːˈtiː.we/, [rɛ.ɫaːˈtiː.wɛ]

relātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of relātīvus

relative

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

relative

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

relative

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of relativ.