relative clause

English

Noun

relative clause (plural relative clauses)

1. (grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies a noun.

   In the sentence I caught the dog that bit you, the relative clause that bit you modifies the noun dog.

Synonyms

• adjective clause
• adjectival clause

Derived terms

• defining relative clause
• non-defining relative clause

Translations

type of subordinate clause

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關係字句／关系字句 (guānxì zìjù), 關係從句／关系从句 (guānxì cóngjù)

• Finnish: relatiivilause
• French: proposition relative (fr) f, relative (fr) f, subordonnée relative f
• German: Relativsatz (de) m
• Hungarian: vonatkozó mellékmondat, jelzői mellékmondat
• Icelandic: tilvísunarsetning f
• Japanese: 関係節 (かんけいせつ, kankeisetsu), 連体修飾節 (れんたいしゅうしょくせつ, rentai-shūshoku-setsu) (adnominal clause)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр (todotgol gišüün ögüülber)

  Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ
  ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ
  ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ (tododqal gäsigün ögüläbüri)

• Polish: zdanie względne n
• Portuguese: oração subordinada adjetiva f
• Russian: относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние n (otnosítelʹnoje pridátočnoje predložénije)
• Spanish: oración de relativo f, cláusula relativa f
• Thai: คุณานุประโยค (th) (kú-naa-nú-bprà-yòok)
• Welsh: cymal perthynol m