relatif

Learned borrowing from Latin relātīvus.

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.la.tif/

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relatif (feminine relative, masculine plural relatifs, feminine plural relatives)

1. relative (connected to or depending on something else)

   Coordinate term: absolu

   oreille relative ― relative pitch

2. (grammar) relative (depending on an antecedent)

   proposition relative ― relative clause

   pronom relatif ― relative pronoun

• relativiser
• relativité

• relater
• relation
• relationnel

• “relatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• ériflât

From Dutch relatief (“relative”), from French relatif (“relative”), 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): [reˈlatɪf]
• Hyphenation: ré‧la‧tif

rélatif

1. relative

   Synonym: nisbi

• “relatif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

relatif m (feminine singular relativa, masculine plural relatifs, feminine plural relatives)

1. relative

Borrowed from English relative (“relative”), 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”).

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [rɛ.lə.tif]
• IPA^(key): /relatif/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [re.la.tif]
  • (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): [rɛ.la.tif]
• Rhymes: -tif, -if
• Hyphenation: re‧la‧tif

relatif (Jawi spelling ريلاتيف, comparative lebih relatif, superlative paling relatif)

1. Connected to or depending on something else; relative.

   Synonyms: bandingan, nisbi

• "relatif" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017