relational

English

Etymology

From relation +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧la‧tio‧nal

Adjective

relational (not comparable)

1. Relating to relations.
2. Friendly and peaceful.
3. (databases) Of a database technology using tables and the principles set forth by Dr. Edgar F. Codd. (Contrary to popular notion, "relation" in this context refers to tables, and not linkages.)
4. (art, aesthetics) Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.

   relational art

Translations

relative — see relative

concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected

• Russian: ро́дственный (ru) (ródstvennyj)

relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database

• Czech: relační
• French: relationnel (fr)
• German: relational (de)
• Greek: σχεσιακός (el) (schesiakós)

• Portuguese: relacional
• Russian: реляцио́нный (ru) (reljaciónnyj)
• Spanish: relacional
• Turkish: ilişkisel

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German

Etymology

From Relation +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀelat͡sɪ̯oˈnaːl/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: re‧la‧ti‧o‧nal

Adjective

relational (not comparable)

1. relational

Declension

Declension of relational

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist relational	sie ist relational	es ist relational	sie sind relational
strong declension (without article)	nominative	relationaler	relationale	relationales	relationale
	genitive	relationalen	relationaler	relationalen	relationaler
	dative	relationalem	relationaler	relationalem	relationalen
	accusative	relationalen	relationale	relationales	relationale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der relationale	die relationale	das relationale	die relationalen
	genitive	des relationalen	der relationalen	des relationalen	der relationalen
	dative	dem relationalen	der relationalen	dem relationalen	den relationalen
	accusative	den relationalen	die relationale	das relationale	die relationalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein relationaler	eine relationale	ein relationales	(keine) relationalen
	genitive	eines relationalen	einer relationalen	eines relationalen	(keiner) relationalen
	dative	einem relationalen	einer relationalen	einem relationalen	(keinen) relationalen
	accusative	einen relationalen	eine relationale	ein relationales	(keine) relationalen

Further reading

• “relational” in Duden online