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English relation

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną

Proto-Germanic *-skapiz

Proto-West Germanic *-skapi

Old English -sċiepe

Middle English -schipe

English -ship

English relationship

From relation + -ship. Displaced native Old English sibb.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
- Audio (General American): (file)
  - (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈlæ̝ɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
Hyphenation: re‧lat‧ion‧ship

Noun

relationship (plural relationships)

A connection or association; the condition of being related.
Hyponym: joking relationship

Near-synonym: alliance
- 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.
- 2021 January 9, Kylie Atwood, quoting Mike Pompeo, “US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan”, in CNN‎^[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 25 January 2021:
  “The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Our two democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of law, and a respect for human dignity. Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” Pompeo wrote.
(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^[3], volume 408, number 8848, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 July 2017:
  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.
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
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.
- 2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN‎^[4], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 2 July 2025:
  Contrary to the popular perception that love typically sparks from passion, a new study finds two-thirds of romantic relationships begin as long-term friendships.
- 2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social Functioning in Turkish Adults”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders‎^[5], →DOI:
  Only 25.3% of our participants had a social peer group, and just 3.4% had ever been in a romantic relationship. None were currently in a relationship or married.
A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
Near-synonym: footing

I have a good working relationship with my boss.
- 1960 February, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Preston—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 96:
  As the two railways were to meet end-on, providing a continuous line from Parkside to Lancaster, it would have been expected that they would work together harmoniously for their common interests, but the quibble over the connection strained the relationship from the beginning.
- 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in A.V. Club‎^[6], archived from the original on 29 March 2013:
  “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.
- 2026 March 18, Peter Plisner, “Will devolution deliver real local control?”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 45:
  The guide states that partnerships will require relationships between the railway and local authorities to function "like never before", responding to both the changes to the structure of the railways and the growing delivery roles of MSAs [Mayoral Strategic Authorities].
(music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

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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 (vrắzka), 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
Frisian:
West Frisian: sibskip c
Galician: relación (gl) f
Georgian: ურთიერთობა (urtiertoba)
German: Beziehung (de) f, Verwandtschaft (de) f
Greek: σχέση (el) f (schési)
Gujarati: સંબંધ (sambandh)
Hebrew: מַעֲרֶכֶת יְחָסִים f (ma'arékhet yekhasím), קֶשֶׁר (he) m (késher)
Hindi: रिश्ता (hi) m (riśtā), संबंध (hi) m (sambandh), रिश्तेदारी (hi) f (riśtedārī)
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 (qarım-qatınas), қарым-қатыс (qarım-qatıs), қатынас (qatınas)
Khmer: ការទាក់ទង (kaa tĕək tɔɔng)
Korean: 관계(關係) (ko) (gwan'gye)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: minasibet (ku), eleqe (ku)
Kyrgyz: мамиле (ky) (mamile), алака (ky) (alaka)
Ladino: alishik m, relasyón f
Latin: necessitudo f
Latvian: attiecība f
Lithuanian: sántykis m
Macedonian: врска f (vrska), однос (mk) m (odnos)
Malay: hubungan (ms)
Malayalam: ബന്ധം (ml) (bandhaṁ)
Māori: hononga, pātahitanga
Marathi: नाते (nāte)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: харилцаа (mn) (xarilcaa), холбоо (mn) (xolboo)
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: اړيکه (aṛika), ارتباط (ps) m (ertebāt), علاقه (ps) f (alāqá), مناسبت m (mәnāsebát)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: رابِطِه (râbete), نِسْبَت (nesbat), مُناسِبَت (monâsebat), عَلاقِه (alâġe)
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), взаимоотноше́ние (ru) n (vzaimootnošénije), взаимосвя́зь (ru) f (vzaimosvjázʹ), каса́тельство (ru) n (kasátelʹstvo), связь (ru) f (svjazʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: dàimh m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀днос m

Latin: 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)
Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet)
Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: відно́сини f pl (vidnósyny), взаємовідно́сини f pl (vzajemovidnósyny)
Urdu: رِشْتِہ داری f (riśti dārī), رِشْتَہ m (riśta) (mainly between couples), مناسبت f
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

the connection between ordered pairs of numbers in mathematics

Bulgarian: отноше́ние (bg) n (otnošénie)
Māori: 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 (cs) 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: સગપણ (gu) (sagpaṇ)
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 (ñiətphiəp), ញាតិវង្ស (ñiətvŭəng)
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

Latin: 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

Korean: 관계(關係) (ko) (gwan'gye)
Māori: taunekeneke
Swedish: förhållande (sv) n

romantic or sexual involvement

Armenian: հարաբերություններ (hy) pl (haraberutʻyunner)
Bulgarian: връ́зка (bg) f (vrắzka)
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

Latin: 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)

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