relative clause

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Synonyms

 * adjective clause
 * adjectival clause
 * attributive clause

Derived terms

 * defining relative clause
 * non-defining relative clause
 * restrictive relative clause
 * non-restrictive relative clause

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 關係字句, 關係從句, 定語從句
 * Dutch: bijvoeglijke bijzin, relatieve bijzin, betrekkelijke bijzin
 * Finnish: relatiivilause
 * French:, , subordonnée relative
 * German:
 * Hungarian: vonatkozó mellékmondat, jelzői mellékmondat
 * Icelandic: tilvísunarsetning
 * Italian: proposizione relativa
 * Japanese: 関係詞節,, 連体修飾節
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: тодотгол гишүүн өгүүлбэр
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ
 * Polish: zdanie względne
 * Portuguese: oração subordinada adjetiva, oração relativa
 * Russian: относи́тельное прида́точное предложе́ние
 * Spanish: oración de relativo, cláusula relativa
 * Thai:
 * Welsh: cymal perthynol