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Noun [English]

Forms: relative clauses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} relative clause (plural relative clauses)
  1. (grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who. Wikipedia link: relative clause Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: clause [adjective], adjectival clause, attributive clause Derived forms: defining relative clause, non-defining relative clause, restrictive relative clause, non-restrictive relative clause Translations (type of subordinate clause): 關係字句 (Chinese Mandarin), 关系字句 (guānxì zìjù) (Chinese Mandarin), 關係從句 (Chinese Mandarin), 关系从句 (guānxì cóngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), 定語從句 (Chinese Mandarin), 定语从句 (dìngyǔ cóngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), bijvoeglijke bijzin [masculine] (Dutch), relatieve bijzin [masculine] (Dutch), betrekkelijke bijzin [masculine] (Dutch), relatiivilause (Finnish), Relativsatz [masculine] (German), vonatkozó mellékmondat (Hungarian), jelzői mellékmondat (Hungarian), tilvísunarsetning [feminine] (Icelandic), proposizione relativa [feminine] (Italian), 関係詞節 (kankeishi-setsu) (alt: かんけいしせつ) (Japanese), 関係節 (kankei-setsu) (alt: かんけいせつ) (Japanese), 連体修飾節 (rentai-shūshoku-setsu) (note: adnominal clause) (alt: れんたいしゅうしょくせつ) (Japanese), тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр (todotgol gišüün ögüülber) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ (tododqal gesigün ögülebüri) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), zdanie względne [neuter] (Polish), oração subordinada adjetiva [feminine] (Portuguese), oração relativa [feminine] (Portuguese), относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние (otnosítelʹnoje pridátočnoje predložénije) [neuter] (Russian), oración de relativo [feminine] (Spanish), cláusula relativa [feminine] (Spanish), คุณานุประโยค (kú-naa-nú-bprà-yòok) (Thai), cymal perthynol [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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          "word": "vonatkozó mellékmondat"
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      "note": "relative f",
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      "lang": "French",
      "note": "subordonnée relative f",
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "vonatkozó mellékmondat"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "jelzői mellékmondat"
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Italian",
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      "alt": "かんけいしせつ",
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "関係詞節"
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      "alt": "れんたいしゅうしょくせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "adnominal clause",
      "roman": "rentai-shūshoku-setsu",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "連体修飾節"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "todotgol gišüün ögüülber",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр"
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      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tododqal gesigün ögülebüri",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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      "word": "ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ"
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "oração relativa"
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние"
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      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cláusula relativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kú-naa-nú-bprà-yòok",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "คุณานุประโยค"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cymal perthynol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "relative clause"
}

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