relationship

English

Etymology

From relation +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪ.ʃənˌʃɪp/, [ɹɪˈleɪ.ʃn̩ˌʃɪp]

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• Hyphenation: re‧la‧tion‧ship

Noun

relationship (plural relationships)

1. Connection or association; the condition of being related.
   • 2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction‎^[1], Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103:

     But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.

2. (mathematics) The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
   • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.

3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
4. A romantic or sexual involvement.

   They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.

   • 1975 March 17, Marian Christy, “Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty”, in The Lebanon Daily News:

     I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage.

   • 2000 April 8, Dorthea Straus, “Oates on Marilyn: Men, drugs, tragedy”, in The Baltimore Sun:

     Her most satisfying sexual relationship seemed to be a threesome with Charles Chaplin Jr. and Eddy Robinson Jr., the spurned sons of famous film fathers.

5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other

   I have a good working relationship with my boss.

   • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     “I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.

6. (music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Hyponyms

• joking relationship

Derived terms

• blood relationship
• customer relationship
• entity-relationship diagram
• entity relationship diagram
• entity-relationship model
• e-relationship
• legal relationship
• long-distance relationship
• new relationship energy
• open relationship
• rebound relationship
• relationship anarchy
• relationshipless
• relationshiply
• relationshipping
• relationshippy
• relationshopping
• situationship
• special relationship

 

Related terms

• relate
• relation
• relative

Translations

connection or association

• Albanian: marrëdhënie (sq) f
• Arabic: عَلَاقَة f (ʕalāqa), مُنَاسَبَة f (munāsaba)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հարաբերություն (hy) (haraberutʻyun), փոխհարաբերություն (hy) (pʻoxharaberutʻyun)
• Asturian: rellación (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: münasibət (az), əlaqə (az)
• Belarusian: адно́сіны f pl (adnósiny)
• Breton: darempred (br) m
• Bulgarian: връ́зка (bg) f (vrǎ́zka), отноше́ние (bg) n (otnošénie)
• Burmese: အဆက်အသွယ် (my) (a.hcak-a.swai)
• Catalan: relació (ca) f
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 關係／关系 (gwaan¹ hai⁶)

  Mandarin: 關係／关系 (zh) (guānxì)

• Czech: vztah (cs) m
• Danish: forhold (da) n
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: verwantschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: rilato
• Estonian: suhe
• Finnish: suhde (fi), yhteys (fi)
• French: rapport (fr) m
• Galician: relación (gl) f
• Georgian: ურთიერთობა (urtiertoba)
• German: Beziehung (de) f, Verwandtschaft (de) f
• Greek: σχέση (el) f (schési)
• Gujarati: સંબંધ (sambandh)
• Hebrew: מערכת יחסים
• Hindi: रिश्ता (hi) m (riśtā), संबंध (hi) m (sambandh)
• Hungarian: kapcsolat (hu), viszony (hu)
• Icelandic: samband (is) n
• Ido: relato (io)
• Indonesian: relasi (id), hubungan (id)
• Interlingua: relation, connexion
• Irish: baint f, comhchaidreamh m, gaolmhaireacht f
• Italian: rapporto (it) m, relazione (it)
• Japanese: 関係 (ja) (かんけい, kankei)
• Kazakh: қарым-қатынас (qarym-qatynas), қарым-қатыс (qarym-qatys), қатынас (qatynas)
• Khmer: ការទាក់ទង (kaa tĕək tɔɔng)
• Korean: 관계(關係) (ko) (gwan'gye)
• Kyrgyz: мамиле (ky) (mamile)
• Ladino: alishik m, relasyón f
• Latin: necessitudo f
• Latvian: attiecība f
• Lithuanian: santykis m
• Macedonian: врска f (vrska), однос (mk) m (odnos)
• Malay: hubungan (ms)
• Malayalam: ബന്ധം (ml) (bandhaṁ)
• Maori: hononga, pātahitanga
• Marathi: नाते (nāte)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: सम्बन्ध (ne) (sambandha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forhold (no) n

  Nynorsk: tilhøve n, samband n

• Occitan: relacion (oc) f
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: رابِطِه (fa) (râbete), نِسبَت (nesbat), مُناسِبَت (fa) (monâsebat), عَلاقِه (fa) ('alâqe)
• Polish: związek (pl) m, powiązanie (pl) f, relacja (pl) f, stosunek (pl) m
• Portuguese: relacionamento (pt) m, relação (pt) f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: relație (ro) f, legătură (ro) f, raport (ro) n,, asociere (ro)
• Russian: отноше́ние (ru) n (otnošénije), взаимоотношение (ru) n (vzaimootnošenije), взаимосвя́зь (ru) f (vzaimosvjázʹ), каса́тельство (ru) n (kasátelʹstvo), связь (ru) f (svjazʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dàimh m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀днос m

  Roman: òdnos (sh) m

• Slovak: vzťah (sk) m
• Slovene: odnos (sl) m, zveza f
• Spanish: relación (es) f
• Swahili: uhusiano (sw), husiano
• Swedish: relation (sv) c, förhållande (sv) n
• Tagalog: kaugnayan, relasyon
• Tajik: робита (robita), нисбат (tg) (nisbat), муносибат (tg) (munosibat), алоқа (tg) (aloqa)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: సంబంధము (te) (sambandhamu)
• Thai: สัมพันธไมตรี (th) (sǎm-pan-tá-mai-dtrii)
• Turkish: ilişki (tr), bağlantı (tr)
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: відно́сини f pl (vidnósyny), взаємовідно́сини f pl (vzajemovidnósyny)
• Urdu: رِشْتِہ داری f (riśtih dārī), رِشْتَہ m (riśtah) (mainly between couples)
• Uyghur: مۇناسىۋەت (munasiwet)
• Uzbek: munosabat (uz), muomala (uz)
• Vietnamese: liên hệ (vi) (聯繫) (informal), quan hệ (vi) (關係) (formal)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• West Frisian: sibskip c

the connection between ordered pairs of numbers in mathematics

• Bulgarian: отноше́ние (bg) n (otnošénie)
• Maori: pānga
• Russian: отноше́ние (ru) n (otnošénije)
• Swedish: förhållande (sv) n

kinship

• Arabic: صِلَة f (ṣila), عَلَاقَة f (ʕalāqa)
• Azerbaijani: qohumluq (az), əqrabalıq
• Belarusian: ро́днасць f (ródnascʹ), ро́днасьць f (ródnasʹcʹ), свая́цтва n (svajáctva)
• Bulgarian: ро́дство (bg) n (ródstvo), родни́нство n (rodnínstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親屬關係／亲属关系 (qīnshǔ guānxì), 血緣／血缘 (zh) (xuèyuán), 親屬／亲属 (zh) (qīnshǔ)

• Czech: příbuznost f, příbuzenství n
• Danish: slægtskab n
• Esperanto: parenceco
• Finnish: sukulaisuus (fi), sukulaisuussuhde (fi)
• French: relation (fr) f
• Galician: parentesco (gl) m
• Georgian: ნათესაობა (natesaoba)
• German: Verwandtschaft (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰 f (sibja)
• Greek: συγγένεια (el) (syngéneia)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: रिश्ता (hi) m (riśtā)
• Hungarian: rokonság (hu)
• Ido: parenteso (io)
• Irish: gaol m, gaolmhaireacht f, cleamhnas m (by marriage)
• Italian: parentela (it) f
• Japanese: 血族関係 (けつぞくかんけい, ketsuzoku kankei), 血縁 (ja) (けつえん, ketsuen, けちえん, kechien), 親族 (ja) (しんぞく, shinzoku)
• Khmer: ញាតិភាព (ñiət phiəp), ញាតិវង្ស (ñiət vŭəng)
• Korean: 친족 관계(親族關係) (chinjok gwan'gye), 혈연(血緣) (ko) (hyeoryeon), 친족(親族) (ko) (chinjok)
• Latin: coniūnctiō (la) f
• Macedonian: сродство n (srodstvo)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: नाता (nātā)
• Plautdietsch: Veheltniss n
• Polish: pokrewieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: parentesco (pt) m
• Romanian: rudenie (ro) f, înrudire (ro) f
• Russian: родство́ (ru) n (rodstvó)
• Scottish Gaelic: dàimh m or f, càirdeas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сро̀дство n

  Roman: sròdstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: príbuzenstvo n
• Slovene: sorodstvo n
• Swedish: släktskap (sv) n
• Telugu: బంధుత్వము (te) (bandhutvamu)
• Turkish: akrabalık (tr), hısımlık (tr), karabet (tr), kohumluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: спорі́днення n (sporídnennja), спорі́дненість f (sporídnenistʹ)

The way in which people behave and are involved with each other

• Maori: taunekeneke
• Swedish: förhållande (sv) n

romantic or sexual involvement

• Armenian: հարաբերություններ (hy) pl (haraberutʻyunner)
• Bulgarian: връ́зка (bg) f (vrǎ́zka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (romantic relationship) 情愛關係／情爱关系 (qíng'ài guānxi), (sexual relationship) 性關係／性关系 (zh) (xìngguānxi)

• Czech: vztah (cs) m
• Danish: forhold (da) n
• Dutch: relatie (nl) f, verhouding (nl) f
• Esperanto: amrilato
• Faroese: samband (fo) n
• Finnish: suhde (fi)
• French: relation (fr) f
• Georgian: ურთიერთობა (urtiertoba)
• German: Beziehung (de) f, Verhältnis (de) n
• Greek: σχέση (el) (schési)
• Hungarian: kapcsolat (hu), párkapcsolat (hu), viszony (hu)
• Icelandic: samband (is) n
• Irish: baint f
• Italian: storia (it), legame (it), relazione (it)
• Macedonian: врска f (vrska)
• Marathi: संबंध (sambandha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forhold (no) n

• Polish: stosunek (pl) m
• Portuguese: relacionamento (pt), relação (pt) f
• Romanian: relație (ro) n, legătură (ro) f
• Russian: рома́н (ru) m (román), интри́га (ru) f (intríga), любо́вные отноше́ния n pl (ljubóvnyje otnošénija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ве̏за f

  Roman: vȅza (sh) f

• Spanish: relación (es) f, noviazgo (es)
• Swedish: förhållande (sv) n, relation (sv) c
• Tagalog: relasyon
• Telugu: సంబంధము (te) (sambandhamu)
• Turkish: ilişki (tr)
• Ukrainian: відно́сини f pl (vidnósyny)