relational

English

Etymology

From relation +‎ -al. The database sense is from the definition of relation as a set of ordered tuples.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: re‧la‧tio‧nal

Adjective

relational (comparative more relational, superlative most relational)

1. Relating to relations.

   Antonyms: irrelational, unrelational

   essays on relational rights

   • 1873, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology, volume 1, page 250:

     Of these three great groups of feelings the first are extremely unrelational; the second are somewhat more relational; and the third are relational in a comparatively high degree.

2. Friendly and peaceful.
3. (databases) Of a database technology using tables and adhering to Codd’s 12 rules.
4. (art) Dealing with the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space.

   relational art

5. (linguistics) Pertaining to a relational adjective, i.e. an adjective that relates what it modifies to a noun rather than qualifying it.

Derived terms

• relational adjective
• relational antonym
• relational community
• relational database
• relational model
• relational operator

 

Translations

relative — see relative

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

• Bulgarian: роднински (rodninski)
• Italian: relazionale (it)
• 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)
• Hungarian: relációs (hu)
• Portuguese: relacional (pt)
• Russian: реляцио́нный (ru) (reljaciónnyj)
• Spanish: relacional
• Turkish: ilişkisel

German

Etymology

From Relation +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁelat͡sɪ̯oˈnaːl/
• Hyphenation: re‧la‧ti‧o‧nal

• Audio:

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Adjective

relational (strong nominative masculine singular relationaler, not comparable)

1. relational

Declension

Positive forms of relational (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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
• “relational” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache