Dictionary

relative clause en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes a whole statement; in English, it may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.
   • Near-synonyms: (dated, deprecated) adjective clause, adjectival clause, attributive clause

Forms

Hypernyms

subordinate clause · clause

Synonyms

adjectival clause · attributive clause · adjective clause

Translations (25)

pt oração subordinada adjetiva (type of subordinate clause) · th คุณานุประโยค (type of subordinate clause) · hu jelzői mellékmondat (type of subordinate clause) · is tilvísunarsetning (type of subordinate clause) · ja 関係詞節 (type of subordinate clause) · hu vonatkozó mellékmondat (type of subordinate clause) · ru относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние (type of subordinate clause) · it proposizione relativa (type of subordinate clause) · fi relatiivilause (type of subordinate clause) · cy cymal perthynol (type of subordinate clause) · pl zdanie względne (type of subordinate clause) · ja 関係節 (type of subordinate clause) · nl bijvoeglijke bijzin (type of subordinate clause) · nl betrekkelijke bijzin (type of subordinate clause) · mn тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр (type of subordinate clause) · nl relatieve bijzin (type of subordinate clause) · es oración de relativo (type of subordinate clause) · cmn 關係從句 /关系从句 (type of subordinate clause) · cmn 定語從句 /定语从句 (type of subordinate clause) · de Relativsatz (type of subordinate clause) · cmn 關係字句 /关系字句 (type of subordinate clause) · es cláusula relativa (type of subordinate clause) · pt oração relativa (type of subordinate clause) · mn ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ (type of subordinate clause) · ja 連体修飾節 (type of subordinate clause)