different between sibling vs relative

English

Etymology

1903, modern revival of Old English sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib +? -ling. Compare Middle English sib, sibbe (“relative; kinsman”), German Sippe. The term apparently meant merely kin or relative until the 20th century when it was applied in a way that aided the study of genetics, which led to its specialized use. For example, the OED has a 1903 citation in which "sibling" must be defined for those who don't know the intended meaning.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?b?-l?ng, IPA^(key): /?s?bl??/
• Rhymes: -?bl??, -??
• Hyphenation: sib?ling

Noun

sibling (plural siblings)

1. A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

2. (computing theory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
3. (taxonomy) The most closely related species, or one of several most closely species when none can be determined to be more closely related.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• sibling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Giblins

Dutch

Etymology

From English sibling. Equivalent to native Dutch sibbe (“kinship; family”) +? -ling (“-ling”).

Noun

sibling m (plural siblingen)

1. (chiefly academic) sibling

Related terms

• sibbe
• sibbegenoot

Old English

Etymology

From sibb +? -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sib.lin?/, [?sib.li??]

Noun

sibling m

1. relative, kinsman

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: sibling

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “sibling”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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.