Dictionary

irrelative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [-ɾɪv] (General-American)
• /ɪˈɹɛlətɪv/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈɹɛlətɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From ir- + relative.

Meanings

1. Having no relations to each other; unrelated.
2. Not related to the subject at hand; irrelevant.
   • When the subject of Mr. Denby fell of its own weight, he essayed other equally irrelative themes, but each time the very deference of Dick's attention seemed to paralyze him, and after a moment's stark pause the conversation that he had interrupted would go on without him. 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 7, in Tender is the Night, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1962, →OCLC, page 42:
3. Describing two or more chords which do not share any notes in common.
   • Irrelative chords in music are those having no common tone.

Forms

Deriveds

irrelativeness · irrelatively

Translations (3)

pl niezwiązany (Having no relations to each other) · bg несвързан (Having no relations to each other) · pl niepowiązany (Having no relations to each other)