Definition
A connection between people, things, or ideas; it can also mean a family member.
Etymology
From Latin *relatio* meaning “a bringing back, report,” from *referre* “to bring back.” Over time it came to mean the way things are connected, and then also the people who are connected by family ties.
Kelly Says
The word once focused on giving a ‘report,’ like relating news. The jump from “report” to “relationship” shows how humans treat shared information as a kind of invisible thread between people.
Translations
AFAfrikaans
verhouding
ver-HOU-ding
BGБългарски
отношение
ot-no-SHE-ni-ye
BNবাংলা
সম্পর্ক
shom-por-ko
CACatalà
relació
re-la-SYO
DADansk
relation
re-la-SHON
DEDeutsch
Beziehung
be-TSY-ung
ESEspañol
relación
re-la-SYON
EUEuskara
harreman
ha-rre-MAN
FRFrançais
relation
re-la-SYON
GLGalego
relación
re-la-SYON
HIहिन्दी
संबंध
sam-ban-dh
HUMagyar
kapcsolat
KAP-cho-lat
IDBahasa Indonesia
hubungan
hu-bung-an
ITItaliano
relazione
re-la-TSYO-ne
LTLietuvių
santykiai
san-ty-KIAI
LVLatviešu
attiecības
at-tye-TSII-bas
MNМонгол
харилцаа
khariltsaa
MSBahasa Melayu
hubungan
hu-bung-an
MYမြန်မာ
ဆက်ဆံရေး
hset-hsan-ye
NLNederlands
relatie
re-LA-tsie
NONorsk
relasjon
re-la-SHON
PLPolski
relacja
re-LA-tsya
PTPortuguês
relação
re-la-SOW
RORomână
relație
re-LA-tsi-ye
RUРусский
отношение
ot-no-SHE-ni-ye
SKSlovenčina
vzťah
vz-tyakh
SLSlovenščina
odnos
OD-nos
SVSvenska
relation
re-la-SHON
SWKiswahili
uhusiano
u-hu-si-A-no
TAதமிழ்
தொடர்பு
to-dar-bu
TEతెలుగు
సంబంధం
sam-ban-dham
THไทย
ความสัมพันธ์
khwam sam-phan
TRTürkçe
ilişki
i-lish-KI
UKУкраїнська
відношення
vid-no-SHE-nya
VITiếng Việt
quan hệ
quan he