Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“Relatives” is a form of

relative

/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ adjective, noun

Also a form of relatively

Forms relatives rel.

  1. adjective Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. “We've been discussing the relative merits of various methods of transportation.”
  2. adjective (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. “The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/index.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.”
  3. adjective (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative. “The words “big” and “small” are relative.”
  4. adjective (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
  5. adjective (archaic or rare) Relevant; pertinent; related. “relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...”
  6. adjective Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
  7. noun Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
  8. noun (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
  9. noun (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

Synonyms

comparative conditional limited cousin relation sib congener congenator congeneric proportional

Antonyms

absolute unlimited

Etymology

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.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
  2. adjective Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.
  3. noun One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. Specifically: (a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . .

Etymology [F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “relative”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “relative” (best matches first).

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