Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
relative en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- rel'ətiv
- (US) audio
- (US) audio flapped
- /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
- /rɪˈleː.ʈɪʋ/ (India)
Etymology
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”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive.
Meanings
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Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
In 2008, the leader of a pro-government union accused Flores of nepotism after she reportedly hired at least 40 relatives to work within the National Assembly.
2026 January 5, Callum Sutherland, “Who Is Cilia Flores? What to Know About Maduro’s Wife Amid Fall of Venezuela's First Couple”, in TIME, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2026:The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:
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(figuratively) Something kindred or related to something else.
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A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Forms
Deriveds
rellie · step-relative · steprelative · relo
Holonyms
kindred · kinfolk · offspring · progeny · family
Hypernyms
person
Hyponyms
grandson · nephew · stepfather · grandparent · kin · spouse · child-in-law · grandchild · granddaughter · cousin · fruit of the union · grandmother · stepmother · grandpa · descendant · wife · kinswoman · brother · godchild · mother · ancestor · brother-in-law · father · fruit of one's loins · stepchild · husband · uncle · sibling · grandma · mother-in-law · grandfather · parent-in-law · goddaughter · aunt · great-grandchild · sister · child · sister-in-law · progenitor · stepparent · kinsman · godparent · forefather · son · godson · forebear · great-grandparent · godfather · niece · daughter-in-law · stepson · in-law · father-in-law · parent · son-in-law · godmother · stepdaughter · daughter
Relateds
niece · sister · step- · uncle · granddaughter · nephew · great-grandparent · grandchild · grandson · aunt · related · great-grandchild · relation · relativity · stepdaughter · cousin · grand- · relativism · relate · relationship · referral · in-law · :Category:Family · godparent · father · stepson · brother · mother · parent · near relative
Synonyms
cousin · relation · relative · sib
Translations (260)
uk своя́к (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nb slektning (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Familienangehörige (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cu ближика (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tr akraba (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · el οικείος (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · es parienta (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · la propinqua (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tk dogan-garyndaş (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mk сродник (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · da frænde (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sv släkting (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uk своя́чка (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · es parentela (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · es pariente (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fur parint (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · it parentado (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Blutsfreund (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nb pårørende (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · so qaraabo (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tg хеш (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bn এগানা (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · yai хеш (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kmr mirov (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fa-ira خویشَاوَنْد (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · km សហពន្ធុ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ks رِشتہٕ دار (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · be свая́к (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kk туысқан (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · eo parencino (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sa ज्ञाति (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bg сро́дница (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · es familiar (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sh сро̏днӣк (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sh rȏd (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · gl parente (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · eo parenco (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ru своя́к (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bg ро́дственица (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ro rudă (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nah ueponi (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · az qohum (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vo röletan (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uz qarindosh (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uk ро́дичка (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · yue 親戚 /亲戚 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sk príbuzný (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · la cognātus (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cs příbuzný (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · gd neach-dàimh (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hy բարեկամ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · la cognāta (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kmr meriv (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mi huānga (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cy tras (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · non frænka (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · acw قرايِب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cy ceraint (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ru ро́дственница (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bg родни́на (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vi thân nhân (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · id kerabat (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · zdj nɗuhuze (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sv fränka (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lv radiniece (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hy յուրային (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Freund (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tl kamag-anak (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vi người thân (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · be ро́дзiч (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bn আপন (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bg сро́дник (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · th ญาติ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uk ро́дич (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tl hinlog (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bn রিশতাদার (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bg ро́дственичка (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ja 身内 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · luy omulebe (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · yi פֿרײַנט (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sh srȍdnīk (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sh сро̏дница (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Blutsverwandter (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · xdq туху́м (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ur رِشْتَہ دار (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nn slektning (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bho नातेदार (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ms saudara (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ta உறவினர் (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ar قريب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nn frende (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sv frände (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · he קָרוֹב (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uk рода́к (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ms badansanak (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ru ро́дич (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fa-ira نَزْدیکان (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ru ро́дственник (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · pms parent (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ga gaol (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · enm kyn (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fa-ira قُوْم و خویش (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · it congiunto (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · la propinquus (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ajp قريب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ur ناتے دار (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · da frænke (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · alt карындаш (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ar قَرِيبَة (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mk сродница (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ur سَمْبَنْدھی (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nb frenke (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Blutsverwandte (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ca parent (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ga duine muinteartha (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · es deudo (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fa-ira فَکّ و فامیل (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vec parènt (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tg наздик (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · twf kʼòwaʼána (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · et sugulane (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lo ຍາດ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · rue родак (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ms dansanak (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sw jamaa (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · grc πηός (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mi whanaunga (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fi sukulainen (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ml ബന്ധു (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sl sorodnik (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · da beslægtet (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sv anförvant (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hu rokon (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sq farefis (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ar أَقْرِبَاء (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · it familiare (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ajp قرايِب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mn хамаатан (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fi sukulainen (something kindred or related to something else) · nn pårørande (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · jv sadulur (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · pt parente (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · el συγγενής (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hi नातेदार (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · acw قريب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fr parent (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · si ඥාතියා (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mk сродничка (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vi họ hàng (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uk свість (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nl bloedverwant (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Blutsfreundin (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · pl krewna (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nb frendekone (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · io parentulo (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · it parente (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · aii ܚܸܙܡܵܐ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ru соро́дич (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ks ٲشناو (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ug قانداش (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ajp قريب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sa बान्धव (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kmr eqrebe (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · yi קאָרעוו (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hil paryente (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lv rads (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sw ndugu (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · da pårørende (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · io parento (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lv radinieks (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · te బంధువు (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ar أَقارِبُ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kk туыс (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ar قَرِيب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ajp قرايِب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ar قرايِب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Angehörige (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fa-ira فامیل (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mk роднина (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tk garyndaş (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ko 친척 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · as মিতিৰ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lt giminaitė (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · km សជន (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hi संबंधी (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · uk рода́чка (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · th ญาติพี่น้อง (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lt giminaitis (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · my အမျိုး (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · jv sadhèrèk (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mi pākanga (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hy ազգական (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · is frænka (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bn খেশ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ajp قرايِب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sl sorodnica (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · as কুটুম (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sk príbuzná (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nn frenke (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · non frændkona (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Familienangehöriger (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · as বঙহ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · it congiunta (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nl familielid (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ky тууган (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ky туушкан (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · hi रिश्तेदार (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ja 親戚 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · oc parent (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ru родня́ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sh srȍdnica (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · be свая́чка (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sh ро̑д (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · om fira (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Verwandter (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kix thāsǖthōng (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · io parentino (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · lou paren (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · gd caraid (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cy câr (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · as আপোন (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bn কুটুম (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cmn 親戚 /亲戚 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · non frændi (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mi matamatahuānga (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vo hiröletan (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · is ættingi (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nb frende (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · tk dogan (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · it parentela (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · is frændi (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mi karangatanga (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ca parenta (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · sw akraba (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · alt тууган (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · aii ܩܲܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ckb خزم (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · wyi gerrbik (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · kk нағашы (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Angehöriger (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ka ნათესავი (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · yua láakʼ (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · pt parenta (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ajp قريب (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nv hakʼéí (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · jv sedulur (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · vo jiröletan (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · nn frendekone (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Verwandte (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · mbb suled (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · bg ро́дственик (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · cs příbuzná (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · fa-ira بَسْتِگان (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · pl krewny (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · ceb paryente (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · grc συγγενής (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · he קְרוֹבָה (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family) · de Freundin (someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family)