relative
French, noun/ʁə.la.tiv/
relative is a French feminine noun meaning “relative clause, adjectival clause, adjective clause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of relatif. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Proposition relative”.
What does relative mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerelative clause, adjectival clause, adjective clause
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of relatif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proposition relative. 2. Une des gammes mineure et majeure qui ont les mêmes notes diésées ou bémolisées. Par exemple, le do majeur et le la mineur sont relatives ; le premier est la relative majeure du deuxième, et le deuxième la relative mineure du premier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of relative
- relatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relative?
- /ʁə.la.tiv/
- \ʁə.la.tiv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is relative in French?
relative appears 21 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).