"relativizer" meaning in English

See relativizer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: relativizers [plural]
Etymology: From relativize + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|relativize|-er}} relativize + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} relativizer (plural relativizers)
  1. Someone or something that relativizes.
    Sense id: en-relativizer-en-noun-M6lsc7LQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 67 33
  2. (linguistics) A grammatical element used to indicate a relative clause. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (grammatical element): 関係詞節標識 /関系词节标识 (guānxicíjié-biāozhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 関係節化形式 (kankei-setsuka keishiki) (alt: かんけいせつかけいしき) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-relativizer-en-noun-gHo8RAac Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammatical element': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: relative pronoun

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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