different between relative vs stiction

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

Blend of static +? friction

Noun

stiction (countable and uncountable, plural stictions)

1. (physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact

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