"relative clause" meaning in English

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Noun

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), relatiivilause (Finnish), Relativsatz [masculine] (German), vonatkozó mellékmondat (Hungarian), jelzői mellékmondat (Hungarian), tilvísunarsetning [feminine] (Icelandic), 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), 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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          "word": "關係字句"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "lang": "French",
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        },
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          "note": "subordonnée relative f",
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Relativsatz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
          "word": "vonatkozó mellékmondat"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
          "word": "jelzői mellékmondat"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tilvísunarsetning"
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          "alt": "かんけいしせつ",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kankeishi-setsu",
          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
          "word": "関係詞節"
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          "alt": "かんけいせつ",
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        {
          "alt": "れんたいしゅうしょくせつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "adnominal clause",
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "todotgol gišüün ögüülber",
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          "word": "тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр"
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          "word": "ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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          "code": "th",
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      "word": "關係字句"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānxì cóngjù",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "relatiivilause"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "note": "proposition relative f",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "relative f",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "subordonnée relative f",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Relativsatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "vonatkozó mellékmondat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "jelzői mellékmondat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tilvísunarsetning"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんけいしせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kankeishi-setsu",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "関係詞節"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんけいせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kankei-setsu",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "word": "関係節"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "todotgol gišüün ögüülber",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tododqal gesigün ögülebüri",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdanie względne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oração subordinada adjetiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnosítelʹnoje pridátočnoje predložénije",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of subordinate clause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oración de relativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "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"
    }
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