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 Translation for 'relative' from English to French
ADJ   relative | more relative | most relative
NOUN   a relative | relatives
SYNO comparative | congenator | congener | ...
relatif {adj}relative
Nouns
parent {m}relative
allié {m}relative
membre {m} de la famillerelative
sociol.
adhérent {m} de la famille
relative
parente {f}relative [female]
alliée {f}relative [female]
2 Words
par rapport à {adv}relative to
relativement à {prep}relative to
en proportion de {adv}relative to
parent {m} procheclose relative
proche {m} [relative]close relative
proche {f} [relative]close relative [female]
parent {m} éloignédistant relative
ling.
proposition {f} relative
relative clause
pol.sociol.
demi-liberté {f}
relative freedom
pol.sociol.
semi-liberté {f}
relative freedom
3 Words
d'importance relative {adj}of relative importance [postpos.]
chim.phys.
poids {m} atomique
relative atomic mass <Ar>
chim.phys.
masse {f} atomique relative <Ar>
relative atomic mass <Ar>
astron.
nombre {m} de Wolf
relative sunspot number
astron.
nombre {m} de Zurich
relative sunspot number
astron.
nombre {m} relatif de taches solaires
relative sunspot number
astron.
nombre {m} international de taches solaires
relative sunspot number
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  • d'importance relative = of relative importance [postpos.]
  • majorité {f} relative = simple majority
  • majorité {f} relative = plurality [Am.]
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Usage Examples English
  • The relative concords are used to concord with relatives and relative clauses.
  • Relative clauses in Roviana follow the head N and are introduced by an invariant relative marker sapu.
  • Spore production is highest at midday, relative to temperature increase and relative humidity decrease.
  • Note: The relative pronoun "jo" can be used as both relative "what" and relative "who".
  • French, like English, uses relative pronouns to introduce relative clauses.

  • For more information on the formation and uses of relative clauses—with and without relative pronouns—see Relative clause.
  • Another grammatical feature signalled by mutations is relative clause attachment, in which lenition indicates the beginning of a relative clause, often in place of any explicit relative pronoun (although in some cases the verbal ending also changes to a special relative form).
  • The syntactic position or function of the relativizer in the relative clause is a major determiner for the choice of relative marker.
  • "Relative bioavailability" compares the bioavailability between two different dosage forms.
  • In languages with head-final relative clauses, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Turkish, non-reduced relative clauses may also cause temporary ambiguity because the relativizer does not precede the relative clause (and thus a person reading or hearing the relative clause has no "warning" that they are in a relative clause).

  • Economic theory views absolute and relative scarcity as distinct concepts and "...quick in emphasizing that it is relative scarcity that defines economics."
  • Conversely, when the elasticity of substitution is greater than one, the second effect dominates: the reduction in relative quantity exceeds the increase in relative price, so that relative expenditure on [...] falls.
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