Meaning

3 senses

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

    Verwandter, Blutsverwandter, Verwandte

    ро́дственникródstvennik, ро́дственницаródstvennica, ро́дичródič

    ро́дичródyč, рода́кrodák, ро́дичкаródyčka

    a person related by blood or marriage

  2. (figuratively)Something kindred or related to something else.

  3. A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

Examples

419 sentences

  1. Tom is a close relative of mine.

    Том — мій близький родич. — deniko

    ruТом - мой близкий родственник. — zalaim

    deTom ist ein naher Verwandter von mir. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I have some relatives in Boston.

    У мене в Бостоні є рідні. — deniko

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  3. Tom and I are distant relatives.

    Ми з Томом далекі родичі. — deniko

    deTom und ich sind entfernte Verwandte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I think Tom has some relatives in Boston.

    Мені здається, у Тома є рідня в Бостоні. — deniko

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  5. I have relatives in Boston.

    У мене є рідня в Бостоні. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть родственники в Бостоне. — marafon

    deIch habe Verwandte in Boston. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family:
Русский
By meaning 1
someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family:

Origin

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive

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.

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Forms

plural: relatives

Synonyms

7 synonyms
cousinA1relationB1sib
Close in meaning
  • an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus):congenercongenatorcongeneric
  • a person related by blood or marriage:relation

Word family

30 related words
RelatedrelateB1relationB1relativityB2relationshipB1auntA1brotherA1cousinA1fatherA1grandchildA2granddaughterA2grandsonA2motherA1nephewB1nieceB1parentA1sisterA1uncleA1relatedB2relativismnear relativereferralgodparentgreat-grandchildgreat-grandparent
Derivedrellierelosteprelative

Collocations

12 patterns
  • has relatives in
  • have any relatives
  • a relative of
  • relative of mine
  • any relatives living
  • any relatives in
  • any relatives
  • relative of yours
  • any living relatives
  • living relatives
  • some relatives in
  • relatives living in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
relateB1relationB1relationalrelationshipB1relativelyB1relativismrelativityB2relaxA2
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