different between relative vs kina

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.

English

Etymology 1

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”)

Noun

kina (plural kinas or kina)

1. The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Etymology 2

Maori kina

Noun

kina (plural kinas)

1. Evechinus chloroticus, a sea urchin endemic to New Zealand.

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kian, Naik, akin, kain, naik

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ì?ná/

Noun

kina (Kana spelling ??)

1. grass

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?na]
• Rhymes: -?na
• Hyphenation: ki?na
• Homophone: kyna

Noun

kina

1. inflection of kino:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• inka, Inka
• nika

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kina/
• Hyphenation: kin?a
• Rhymes: -ina

Adjective

kina (accusative singular kinan, plural kinaj, accusative plural kinajn)

1. cinematic

Fijian

Adverb

kina

1. therein, herein
2. because of, for the sake of, thereby, hereby, herewith
3. therefore (at the end of a statement or sentence, preceded by o koya o qo)

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kin?/, [?kin?]
• Rhymes: -in?
• Syllabification: ki?na

Noun

kina

1. squabble

Declension

Derived terms

• kinata

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kain, inka, kani

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kina, from Proto-Eskimo *ki-na.

Pronoun

kina

1. who

Usage notes

This word will cause indicative intonation in the sentence it is used, but not if used in isolation.

References

Inuktitut

Pronoun

kina (syllabics ??)

1. (interrogative) who (in a question)

Karitiâna

Noun

kina

1. mammal

Maori

Noun

kina

1. sea urchin

Paiwan

Etymology

Noun

kina

1. mother (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Synonyms

• ina

Quechua

Noun

kina

1. Cinchona bark

Declension

Descendants

• English: quinine
• Spanish: quina

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kina (ki-vi class, plural vina)

1. depth (vertical distance below a surface)
2. rhyme

Verb

kina

1. ki-vi class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

Tok Pisin

Noun

kina

1. kina
2. a kind of seashell