relative clause

== English == === Noun === relative clause (plural relative clauses) (grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes a whole statement; in English, it may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who. Hypernyms: subordinate clause < clause Hyponyms: integrated relative clause, restrictive relative clause, defining relative clause; supplementary relative clause, non-restrictive relative clause, non-defining relative clause, integrated relative clause Near-synonyms: (dated, deprecated) adjective clause, adjectival clause, attributive clause ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== relative clause on Wikipedia.Wikipedia