different between akin vs relative

English

Etymology

From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- +? kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??k?n/

Adjective

akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)

1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ch. 23:

     We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.

   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, ch. 2:

     The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.

2. (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
   • 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:

     Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?

   • 1710, anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:

     She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.

   • 1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 39:

     Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.

   • 1910, Zane Grey, "Old Well-Well," Success (July):

     Something akin to a smile shone on his face.

Usage notes

• This adjective is always placed after the noun that it modifies.

Synonyms

• (related by blood): See also Thesaurus:consanguine
• (of the same kind): See also Thesaurus:akin

Derived terms

• unakin

Related terms

• consanguine

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Inka, Kian, Naik, kain, kina, naik

Hungarian

Etymology

aki +? -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??kin]
• Hyphenation: akin

Pronoun

akin

1. superessive singular of aki

Tagalog

Determiner

akin

1. my

Pronoun

akin

1. (possessive) mine

See also

English

Alternative forms

• rel. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin rel?t?vus, from Latin rel?tus, perfect passive participle of refer? (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + fer? (“to bear or carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l.?.t?v/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): (flapped) [???l.?.??v], (enunciated) [???l.?.t??v]
• Rhymes: -?l?t?v

Adjective

relative (not comparable)

1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.

2. (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

3. (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.

   The words “big” and “small” are relative.

4. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
5. Relevant; pertinent; related.

6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

Synonyms

• comparative
• conditional
• limited

Antonyms

• absolute
• unlimited

Derived terms

• relative to

Related terms

Translations

Noun

relative (plural relatives)

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

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:relative

Related terms

Translations

See also

Notes

Anagrams

• levirate

Danish

Adjective

relative

1. inflection of relativ:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Esperanto

Etymology

From relativa +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rela?tive/
• Hyphenation: re?la?ti?ve
• Rhymes: -ive

Adverb

relative

1. relatively

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.la.tiv/

Adjective

relative

1. feminine singular of relatif

Anagrams

• lèverait, lévitera, relevait, révélait

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

relative

1. inflection of relativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

relative

1. feminine plural of relativo

Anagrams

• evitarle, levitare, leviterà, rilevate, rivalete, rivelate, vietarle

Latin

Etymology 1

From rel?t?vus +? -?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.la??ti?.u?e?/, [r???ä??t?i?u?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.la?ti.ve/, [r?l??t?i?v?]

Adverb

rel?t?v? (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin) relatively

References

• r?l?t?v? in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• relative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• r?l?t?v? in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,335/2

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of rel?t?vus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.la??ti?.u?e/, [r???ä??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.la?ti.ve/, [r?l??t?i?v?]

Adjective

rel?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of rel?t?vus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

relative

1. inflection of relativ:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

relative

1. inflection of relativ:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Swedish

Adjective

relative

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of relativ.