relatives
親戚
解説 Definition
relatives は relative（親戚、親族）の複数形です。両親や兄弟以外も含む、血縁や結婚でつながった複数の親族を表します。
Relatives are people connected to someone by blood or marriage, considered as a group. The term can include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other members of an extended family.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
relatives は relative「親戚」の規則的な複数形で、語尾の s は /z/ と発音します。relate「関係づける」や relation「関係」と結び付け、「血縁または結婚によって関係のある人々」と捉えましょう。visit relatives、invite all my relatives のように、複数の親族をまとめて指す場面で使います。
Relatives is the regular plural of relative, with the final s pronounced /z/. Connect it with relate and relation: your relatives are people who are related to you through blood or marriage. Picture a family gathering where you visit your relatives or invite all your relatives to a party. The word often reaches beyond parents and siblings to grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Family members is broader in everyday wording, while relatives emphasizes the relationship connecting those people to you.
例文
My relatives live near us.
私の親戚は私たちの近くに住んでいます。
We visited our relatives last week.
私たちは先週、親戚を訪ねました。
She invited all her relatives to the party.
彼女は親戚全員をパーティーに招待しました。
relatives の類義語・関連語
relatives の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 relatus（re-＝再び＋latus＝運ばれた、持ち帰られた）から。relate は「関係づける」、relative は「関係のある人→親族」へ発展。血縁という「つながり」を持つ人々の意。関連語: relation（関係）、correlate（相関する）。同じ語根 lat- は translate にも含まれる。
Relative comes through French and Latin from Latin relativus, “having reference or relation,” which is based on relatus, the past participle associated with referre, “to bring back” or “relate.” The underlying idea is that one person or thing is defined in relation to another. As a noun, relative came to denote a person connected by kinship. Relatives is the regular plural, referring collectively to people linked by blood or marriage.
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